Houston, we have a problem

Stefan Claas stefan.claas at posteo.de
Thu Sep 21 23:42:05 CEST 2017


On Thu, 21 Sep 2017 17:05:35 -0400, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote:

> If by "key-id" you mean the 32-bit long thing like "D21739E9", then
> there's no way to cryptographically secure that -- it's just too
> low-entropy.  I've written elsewhere about why key ids are bad:
> 
>     https://debian-administration.org/users/dkg/weblog/105
> 
> Hope this helps to clear things up,

Yes, i was referring to those bits and thanks for your other
detailed explanation.

Regards
Stefan

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