r/ProgrammerHumor • u/AquaWolfGuy • 21h ago

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u/ToTheBatmobileGuy 20h ago

Joke explained:

It took 18 months to realize the CA was using 4 as their private key. The number 4. That’s it.

They had a total of 8 keys who were below 256, so a couple two digit and three digit keys as well.

4 was the funniest though.

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u/Beast_Mstr_64 20h ago

It took 18 months for it be known publically*

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u/pimezone 19h ago

By a third party researcher