i got a little lost in the explanations and procedures in the short plaintext section. really, i just get confused whenever the word “bits” is used (i think that’s just a personal problem). there are a lot of steps and i keep getting them mixed up. i need to see/work on an example so that i can solidify these concepts.
i thought it was interesting that timing attacks could actually work. i don’t think i would have ever thought that timing how long it took to do the calculations (along with all the calculations—i didn’t really understand all that…) could be a way to decrypt a message. i didn’t really understand the process behind it (or the explanation of why it works), but the premise is mind-blowing to me.
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