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 …
How do software keygens work? - Information Security Stack …
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 …
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 …
rsa - ssh-keygen: What is the passphrase for? - Information …
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 …
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 …
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 …
pkcs8 - How can I convert an ED25519 key in PKCS#8 to OpenSSH …
Jan 14, 2023 · Since this question is tagged with 1Password and seems to be specifically related to Ed25519 keys in 1Password, not converting an Ed25519 key encoded pkcs8 to the …
What are the differences between ssh generated keys(ssh-keygen) …
I have learned there are 2 methods to make SSH remote login easier and secure , those are; ssh generated keys (using ssh-keygen)OpenSSH Keys PEM (.pem) keys usually generated with …
Attacks Relying on Poor Entropy - Information Security Stack …
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 …
key generation - Information Security Stack Exchange
Jan 22, 2017 · These are two questions so closely related that I am asking them together - hope that's OK. When I create new SSH keys (e.g. with ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 or ... 8192); and …