These are the first few bytes of the key. Here they are from 10 keys
generated with the command: openssl genrsa -rand /dev/urandom
MIIBOwIBAAJ
MIIBOgIBAAJ
MIIBPAIBAAJ
MIIBPQIBAAJ
MIIBOgIBAAJ
MIIBOgIBAAJ
MIIBOQIBAAJ
MIIBOwIBAAJ
MIIBOwIBAAJ
MIIBOwIBAAJ

On 8/9/07, jimmy bahuleyan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Patrick Parsons wrote:
> >  Hello,
> >  I have noticed when generating rsa keys that the first 10 digits or so
> are
> > identical or nearly identical. Is this normal or is something wrong? Does
> > this issue occur for anyone else?
>
> could you post the bytes that you're referring to. (my guess is that
> it's the ASN.1 stuff again)
>
> -jb
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