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Learning a prefix of the hash doesn't really get you anywhere. The hash itself isn't a secret -- it could be published publicly without breaking the security mo
by kentonv 1y ago
Learning a prefix of the hash doesn't really get you anywhere. The hash itself isn't a secret -- it could be published publicly without breaking the security model. You still need to derive a token that hashes to that value in full, and if you can do that then you've broken the hash algorithm by definition.
- ZiiS 1y agoYes I guess if you trust the hash implementation completly; I just favour a bit more defence in depth.
- ZiiS 1y agoSay I got a memory dump from the client system. I don't know what is what but the secret is in their somewhere. Filtering it down by the hash prefix locally is much leas likly to be detected then spamming the servers.