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0 pointskadoban4y ago0 comments

For anyone not in on the joke, this is a real crypto concept/weakness/attack https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meet-in-the-middle_attack (obviously only a joke with rot13). It's most famously the reason that 3DES is a thing, instead of just double.

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kzrdude4y ago

Thanks, and I'm happy this joke I've been saving landed on its feet when I threw it out.

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0 pointskadoban4y ago0 comments

For anyone not in on the joke, this is a real crypto concept/weakness/attack https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meet-in-the-middle_attack (obviously only a joke with rot13). It's most famously the reason that 3DES is a thing, instead of just double.

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kzrdude4y ago

Thanks, and I'm happy this joke I've been saving landed on its feet when I threw it out.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse