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I wonder if this was made by AI or a shit programmer (gregtech.eu)

submitted 4 days ago by lena@gregtech.eu to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[-] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub -5 points 4 days ago

It's not, though. And thinking that it is impossible is why DES, for example, was "translatable" by the NSA for decades. Never assume something is impossible just because it's difficult.

[-] The_Decryptor@aussie.zone 6 points 4 days ago

UUIDs are essentially random numbers, crypto schemes are not, they're not comparable.

[-] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub -4 points 4 days ago

The scope isn't if they're crackable (which, if course, they're not, since they're not encrypting anything). The scope is if using UUIDs as filenames in this publicaly accessible db a good way to hide the files. And the answer is: no it is not, because a computer powerful enough can guess all possibilities in a matter of minutes, and query them all against the db to discover all files stored within.

[-] ConstantPain@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago

The powerful enough computer doesn't exist, and will not exist for some time. And even if it exists, it can't query the web server fast enough to have meaningful effectiveness.

So, for all intents and purposes, it's impossible. Period.