License key / Serial number generator and checker
Mar 7, 2011 · I need a serial number generator and accompanying checker. I would like to be able to set a salt (and maybe a length). The generator should only produce serial numbers that pass the test of …
How do software keygens work? - Information Security Stack Exchange
Apr 2, 2016 · The finished keygen is an app applying the algorithm to create a serial number. Sometimes keygens do not really contain the algorithm, but rather a list of valid serial numbers, of …
What are ssh-keygen best practices? - Information Security Stack …
Nov 24, 2016 · Most users would simply type ssh-keygen and accept what they're given by default. But what are the best practices for generating ssh keys with ssh-keygen? For example: Use -o for the …
Can 'cracked' product keys harm the user in any way?
Mar 27, 2015 · If a user download commercial software through the official, corresponding website, but use a product key which you did not legitimately purchase (e.g. websites that offer a list of product …
Generate AES-256-GCM key - Information Security Stack Exchange
Nov 6, 2022 · I'm using aes-256-gcm encryption. I used a sample key provided in the docs and it works fine. I also tried a key generated from here and it works fine. There's no option to specify gcm here …
rsa - ssh-keygen: What is the passphrase for? - Information Security ...
Apr 13, 2018 · When using ssh-keygen: What is the passphrase for? Why is it optional? What are the security implications of specifying (or not specifying) one? Below is an excerpt taken from a shell …
pkcs8 - How can I convert an ED25519 key in PKCS#8 to OpenSSH …
Jan 14, 2023 · Yes, there is a method to convert a private Ed25519 key from PKCS#8 to the OpenSSH format. You can use the ssh-keygen command-line tool that comes with OpenSSH to convert the …
Attacks Relying on Poor Entropy - Information Security Stack Exchange
Oct 9, 2020 · I'm creating a quantum random number generator as part of my thesis. As part of the research phase, I'm trying to substantiate my aspertion that encryption is significantly weakened if a …
SSH XMSS keypair generation and best practices
Apr 2, 2018 · In order to this, you must first compile with WITH_XMSS ./configure make libopenssh ssh-keygen CFLAGS=-DWITH_XMSS=1 Then you can either call it by the short_name or the long_name …
Ways to generate symmetric and asymmetric keys
Jun 14, 2016 · We are using Beaglebone Black based custom board, and want to use hybrid encryption for encrypting firmware file, i.e. symmetric for encryption big firmware file and asymmetric for …