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		mmastrac 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Spotting base64 encoded JSON, certificates, and pr... True, but for the most part, RSA keys are the only keys that anyone encounters that start with long SEQUENCEs requiring two-byte lengths. `eY` could be any JSON, but it's most likely going to be a JWT. Neither is a perfect signal, but contextually is more likely correct than not.

Muromec 6 months ago [–]

That depends on the kind of abyss you are staring into. Mine had plenty of non-RSA keys, certificates (which are of course two-byte length all the time) and CMS containers.

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