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Is it a coincidence the generated keys start with the same first 3 letters (“MII…”)?

• kstrauser 3y ago
  Nope. See https://www.thedigitalcatonline.com/blog/2018/04/25/rsa-keys/ https://www.thedigitalcatonline.com/blog/2018/04/25/rsa-keys... for example: "Please note that, due to the structure of the underlying ASN.1 structure, RSA PEM bodies start always with the same characters: MIG for 1024 bit keys, MII for 2048 and 4096 bit ones."
  • tiffanyh 3y ago
    Seems like this would be susceptible to an Inference Attack.
    • kstrauser 3y ago
      Hmm, I wouldn’t think so, but I’m not an expert in such things. If you already have access to that text, you’ve won. I wouldn’t think that would leak any extra information.