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 -- my 'hidden' service gopherhole: gopher://iria2xobffovwr6h.onion _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users