LION ATE MONK: Human-Readable Encryption Keys

Recovering a private key from a phrase

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And so we create encryption keys, and then … wait for it … we protect them with a password. It is truly a crazy system to take a 128-bit encryption, and then apply a password which reduces the actual security of the key to just tens of bits. If there’s around 1 billion passwords possible, then the equivalent key size is…

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Prof Bill Buchanan OBE FRSE
ASecuritySite: When Bob Met Alice

Professor of Cryptography. Serial innovator. Believer in fairness, justice & freedom. Based in Edinburgh. Old World Breaker. New World Creator. Building trust.