The case of the 9 bit AES key (v12.sh)

34 points by ledoge 2 hours ago

ubutler a minute ago

Rule #1 of rolling your own RNG: don’t.

Rule #2? Please don’t.

JonChesterfield 16 minutes ago

Wonderful.

paulpauper an hour ago

it's like the weak hardware wallet entropy bug

jeffbee 42 minutes ago

You'd have to be completely off your rocker to use a PDF tool written in C anyway.

advisedwang 19 minutes ago

very VERY few people judge tools like this by the language used to develop them.

jeffbee 10 minutes ago

How many people judge their tools based on the AES key entropy?

cowlevel 27 minutes ago

What are the alternatives?

lirolero 33 minutes ago

Genuine question, since I'm not very knowledgeable about this: why is using C for a PDF tool such a bad idea?