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. Best regards _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
