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So if this were happening with brute force, the attacker would keep using different keys until the data returned was clearly an IP address? (or whatever else th
by jc_811 11y ago
So if this were happening with brute force, the attacker would keep using different keys until the data returned was clearly an IP address? (or whatever else they are looking for). And the computer doesn't actually know or get any feedback if it's correct? It's all on the attacker to analyze the results of each attempt
- dozzie 11y ago> until the data returned was clearly an IP address? No. Any four bytes is an IP address. You do realize that IP is a protocol, right?
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- jc_811 11y agoSorry misspoke there. I meant to simply sub in one of the examples you had given (IP or TCP header, HTTP request, or PNG/JPEG format header)
- dozzie 11y agoAh, it was my fault then. Sorry. I had a header of an IP packet in mind. Its format is known and machine-verifiable, and even includes a simple checksum, so it's quite easy to tell if the guessed encryption key has a chance of being valid.