One of the private keys was just “4”. This is basically the certificate authority’s master password, which allows them to securely sign their certificates. It is supposed to be hilariously long and complex, to make brute-forcing it virtually impossible. And it was just… 4.
I don’t get it.
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Thanks, but I read all of it and I still don’t understand what it has to do with “Mellon” and “4”
ELI5?
One of the private keys was just “4”. This is basically the certificate authority’s master password, which allows them to securely sign their certificates. It is supposed to be hilariously long and complex, to make brute-forcing it virtually impossible. And it was just… 4.
Not sure where Mellon comes into play though.
Isn’t it the password for the Moria in LOTR ? And a pretty simple one ?
Yeah, the “riddle” is “speak friend and enter” and it turns out that all you have to do is say “friend” in Sindarin (Grey-Elven), which is “mellon”