As a fan of GnuPG ...

[Stefan Claas]

Ángel wrote:
 
> On 2020-06-18 at 16:54 +0200, Stefan Claas wrote:
> > charlie derr wrote:
> > 
> > > Is getting those first 5 characters into the output of this string
> > > really that amazing? Or am i missing something significant about what
> > > the rest of the seemingly random characters represent?
> > 
> > Well, it is just for fun and maybe people find it cool. At least it is
> > a brute-force method to find words in such hashed and base64 encoded
> > strings.
> 
> 
> Each base64 character encodes 6 bits. So on average you can expect to
> get those 5 characters there once in 2^(5*6) inputs, thus requiring
> about 2²⁹ operations.
> 
> Note you can do the same with gpg keys, getting such vanity keyids.

I used a Vanity Generator this year, on Palindrome Day, and my fingerprint
for my current key is:

02022020D638E78F4DFE737C419F025C897DB2E6 :-)
^^^^^^^^

Certified by Governikus at the *same* day. :-)

Regards
Stefan

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