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Ron Gilbert (GrumpyGamer)
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How are steam keys generated?
1. Randomly generate a key and if it's taken, generate another one and loop.
2. There is a database of (millions) available keys, when it runs out make more with step 1.
3. Key aren't random, it's a algorithm (seems dangerous if figured out).
4. Something I haven't thought of because I'm just a simple game designer.
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Andrew Haining :directx: · 8w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqmc3fyzafm6shv38mesf05vapyg3dxhxm34u3heqqn7jrze9hlqfquu7laa Almost certainly a cryptographic hash (probably SHA-3) using a private key that they keep locked up tight. They've changed the key lengths in the past, that was probably caused by switch...
Tacitus 🇮🇪 :godot: :linux: · 8w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqmc3fyzafm6shv38mesf05vapyg3dxhxm34u3heqqn7jrze9hlqfquu7laa Key generation is non-critical so I would say no. 1 is most likely, doesn't matter of key generation needs to take a bunch of trips and takes several seconds or even minutes, real-time...