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output of [string range [AES::key 128] 8 end]?
I see this code (in fact used it several times) for generating a random cookie value:
[string range [AES::key 128] 8 end]
Anybody know why you'd want to whack the first 8 characters of the key value to use it in a cookie?
thanks
/deb
2 Replies
- The first 8 characters are text used to identify the key. It usually looks something like "AES " where is the number of bits in the key (eg: 128 or 192 or 256) and is the hexadecimal digits representing the value of the key. Obviously you might not want to include the "AES 256 " part in the cookie.
- Ah, thank you.
I did some testing to look at the output, as you suggested, but didn't notice the difference in output as the loglines in the GUI wrapped right there at the 2nd space:
Rule : AES_value AES 128
ad3cefcb40d67e46af23c36bb9947f46
Rule : string_range_8_value
ad3cefcb40d67e46af23c36bb9947f46
Doh!
thanks alot!
/d
