▲ | ctz 7 days ago | |||||||
The other base64 prefix to look out for is `MI`. `MI` is common to every ASN.1 DER encoded object (all public and private keys in standard encodings, all certificates, all CRLs) because overwhelmingly every object is a `SEQUENCE` (0x30 tag byte) followed by a length introducer (top nibble 0x8). `MII` is very very common, because it introduces a `SEQUENCE` with a two byte length. | ||||||||
▲ | schoen 7 days ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||
You'll also see "AQAB" a lot. This is the base64 version of the integer representation of 65537, the usual public exponent parameter e in modern RSA implementations. | ||||||||
▲ | Muromec 7 days ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||
I for one wait for the day when quantum computers will break all the encryption forever so nobody will have to suffer broken asn1 decoders, plaintext specifications of machine-readable formats and unearned aura of arcane art that surrounds the whole thing. | ||||||||
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