for serious applications, generating cryptographically sound "random" numbers is quite a hard computer science problem...
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Random_number_generation one of the main methods of attacking a cryptosystem is if the adversary knows that the RNG used to produce the keys is not truly random, but have some element of predictability in it. On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 3:10 PM, Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: > I think I’ll start a business selling random numbers. > > Who’s to say 12345 isn’t a random number? > > Wait, this sounds a lot like the fortune cookie business. > > > *From:* Cassidy B. Larson <c...@infowest.com> > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 25, 2016 4:11 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT I un-screwed myself > > > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/01/21/11-year-old-girl-sets-up-business-selling-secure-passwords-for-2/ > > > > On May 25, 2016, at 3:07 PM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > > I unscrewed myself. > > In windows file explorer, there is a view option that has a preview option. > With preview selected you get the contents of a file on the right side of > the screen. > > I was trying various combinations of my password and noticed that on one > of the tries, the preview pane showed some content. > After a few more tries I discovered that putting a zero in front of the > alt code allowed the preview to show content. > The file still would not open, but I could cut and paste from the preview > pane and I got it all. > > Sometimes you luck out. > > -----Original Message----- From: Chuck McCown > Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2016 3:04 PM > To: af@afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT I screwed myself > > baby monkey puppy > > -----Original Message----- From: Chuck McCown > Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2016 2:53 PM > To: af@afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT I screwed myself > > I'll say. > > For a new password I am considering: > inside housing puppets stay warm > oxygen puppet dagger manganese > electricity wire wrapped around the anus > Dong porcelain l swear > > -----Original Message----- From: Seth Mattinen > Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2016 2:50 PM > To: af@afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT I screwed myself > > On 5/25/16 13:36, Chuck McCown wrote: > > My oldest son is a computer security specialist / forensic guy. > > He was telling my my super complicated password was not so secure. > He cracked it pretty easy. He suggested I add an alt code. > > So I did. Now, neither one of us can open the file. > Guess alt codes in passwords for some Office products cause big problems. > > Arrgh..... > > > > But it's secure now, technically. > > >
