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GnuPG Short ID Collision Has Occurred.

Posted by Unknown on from the 32-bits-ought-be-enough-for-anyone dept.

kfogel writes "Asheesh Laroia now has two GPG different keys with the same short ID (70096AD1) circulating on keyservers. One of them is an older 1024-bit DSA key, the other is a newer 4096-bit RSA key. Oops. Asheesh argues that GPG's short IDs are too short to be the default anymore — collisions are too easy to create: he did it on purpose and openly, but others could do it on purpose and secretly. More discussion (and a patch by dkg) are in this bug report."

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  1. Re:Above post is ignorant by gparent · · Score: 5, Funny

    Who the fuck do you think you are? Some of us are trying to get page hits by posting dumb stories on Slashdot here!

  2. Re:Let's face it by PPH · · Score: 5, Funny

    want to trust your mechanic with pulling your teeth out?

    Not again.

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    Have gnu, will travel.
  3. You insensitive clod! by PPH · · Score: 1, Funny

    The world around me is bounded by the extent of my mom's basement!

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    Have gnu, will travel.
  4. Re:Above post is ignorant by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Now, now, be fair, we DID have a "BITCOIN IS STILL ALIVE AND WILL RULE THE WORLD ALREADY zomg modern money is teh evilz" article just a few days ago, so we're definitely getting back on track.

  5. Re:I just can't lose!? (Re:Above post is ignorant) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    let me see...

    windows 7 is a fair operating systems, real people couldn't care less between what run their smart phones unless it's iOS, linux year of the desktop must have been the last one because this year graphic cards have no drivers.

  6. Re:Let's face it by AmiMoJo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Dude you just missed a really good opportunity for a car analogy!

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    const int one = 65536; (Silvermoon, Texture.cs)
    SJW, n: "Someone I don't like, and by the way I'm a fuckwit" - AC