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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 chara...
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.
