The private keys in question were only eight bits in length (decimal values 0 to 255). A proper key for the specific encryption should have been 384 bits, or about 116 decimal digits. If a string format function expects a 384 bit number, but only receives 8, it might fill out the missing places with zeroes.
I assume his private key ended up being mostly 4s?
“Mostly”, that’s commendable optimism on your part. Not mostly but entirely. It’s the entirety of the key: 4.
https://emudhra.we-have-a-problem.com/
Edit: the source I wanted to link is down, probably server overwhelm. Ask the search engine of your choice for emudhra.
Wasn’t it a bunch of zeros followed by a 4?
Yes… but no. You probably saw a rendering error.
The private keys in question were only eight bits in length (decimal values 0 to 255). A proper key for the specific encryption should have been 384 bits, or about 116 decimal digits. If a string format function expects a 384 bit number, but only receives 8, it might fill out the missing places with zeroes.
I’ve been lead to believe that that makes no difference.
Hahaha, yeah just read it. Amazing…