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noerdman discuss.tchncs.de noerdman@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2024-05-12
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I mean, the key could have just been picked randomly! And the other one too. And the other one, too.

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zabadoh ani.social zabadoh@ani.social
Joined: 2023-11-19
#2 · Quote Reply

I don't get it.
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ch00f lemmy.world ch00f@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-10
#3 · Quote Reply

A friend of mine back in 2005 cloned a school computer's drive to his iPod, took it home, and brute forced the admin password using rainbow tables on his gaming PC.

It was Admin_2000, and it was shared by every computer in the school district.
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wander1236 sh.itjust.works wander1236@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-09
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zabadoh wrote:
I don't get it.

https://emudhra.we-have-a-problem.com/
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zabadoh ani.social zabadoh@ani.social
Joined: 2023-11-19
#5 · Quote Reply
wander1236 wrote:
https://emudhra.we-have-a-problem.com/

Thanks, but I read all of it and I still don't understand what it has to do with "Mellon" and "4"

ELI5?
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Carl anarchist.nexus Carl@anarchist.nexus
Joined: 2026-06-08
#6 · (edited) Quote Reply
zabadoh wrote:
Thanks, but I read all of it and I still don't understand what it has to do with "Mellon" and "4" ELI5?

One of the private keys was just “4”. This is basically the certificate authority’s master password, which allows them to securely sign their certificates. It is supposed to be hilariously long and complex, to make brute-forcing it virtually impossible. And it was just… 4.

Not sure where Mellon comes into play though.
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TheYojimbo lemmy.world TheYojimbo@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-12
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Carl wrote:
One of the private keys was just “4”. This is basically the certificate authority’s master password, which allows them to securely sign their certificates. It is supposed to be hilariously long and complex, to make brute-forcing it virtually impossible. And it was just… 4. Not sure where Mellon comes into play though.

Isn't it the password for the Moria in LOTR ? And a pretty simple one ?
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