• sus@programming.dev
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    5 months ago

    you memorize the password required to decrypt whatever container your RSA key is in. Hopefully.

      • sus@programming.dev
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        5 months ago

        I think this specific chain of replies is talking about that actually… though it is a pretty big tangent from the original post

        • bjorney@lemmy.ca
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          5 months ago

          “can you string words to form a valid RSA key”

          “Yes this is the most secure way to do it”

          “No, it’s not when there is a fixed byte length”

          -> where we are now

          • sus@programming.dev
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            5 months ago

            the direct chain I can see is

            “can you string words to form a valid RSA key”

            “I would hope so, [xkcd about password strength]”

            “words are the least secure way to generate random bytes”

            “Good luck remembering random bytes. That infographic is about memorable passwords.”

            “You memorize your RSA keys?”

            so between comments 2 and 3 and 4 I’d say it soundly went past the handcrafted RSA key stuff.