NODE 011cdef4Re: random coincidences
Andrew Loewenstern <andrew_loewenstern@il.us.swissbank.com>Mon, 28 Aug 95 08:38:45 PDT
Scott Brickner writes:
> If NetScape uses such a PRNG to select 40bit keys for SSL, then
> the work to be done in brute-force search going on right now might
> be *significantly* reduced by knowing the planes on which the
> numbers lie. If the constants are particularly poor, there might
> be as little as ten or twelve bits of real key.
So who here knows 80x86 assembler, is handy with a debugger, and has a few
hours of spare time to figure out the PRNG?
andrew