PGP Key Poisoner

Vincent Breitmoser look at my.amazin.horse
Mon Aug 12 14:35:11 CEST 2019


> To be frank - putting this code on Github whist demonstrating a point -
> was foolish

No it's not. It is the basis of cryptograhpy.
See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerckhoffs%27s_principle

> Now you have put the code into the public domain - to prove a point?

Yes. And that point is that some of our security was built on obscurity.
See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_the_messenger

 - V




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