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News outlets keep repeating "11 pages of 4-point type totaling 2560 characters", which just doesn't match up since that number of characters fits on one page in
by jedbrown 13y ago
News outlets keep repeating "11 pages of 4-point type totaling 2560 characters", which just doesn't match up since that number of characters fits on one page in a fairly normal font size. Also, RSA keys just aren't that big, so the 11 pages must have either been many keys or some other data.
As I understand Lavabit's architecture, there is no "master" key. Instead, incoming mail is encrypted using an asymmetric per-user key. All the key pairs were created by Lavabit and stored on-site, but locked by a password to be provided over TLS. Since Levison probably didn't compromise his system to store users' passwords, presumably the keys that he was handing over in 4-point type were still locked with a password.
- JshWright 13y ago>News outlets keep repeating "11 pages of 4-point type totaling 2560 characters", which just doesn't match up since that number of characters fits on one page in a fairly normal font size. Also, RSA keys just aren't that big, so the 11 pages must have either been many keys or some other data. You're making assumptions about the encoding...
- aubergene 13y agoIt was five keys and included the full certificate chain
- CamperBob2 13y agoI don't understand why, if he was making a principled stand, he would have bothered with the printout in 4-point type. That was sort of a juvenile move, one that could only serve to justify the government's attitude towards him. Weird.