Ztyx Posted May 15, 2014 Report Share Posted May 15, 2014 Hi, When I click "Generate" for "Shared secret" they all begin with "A". Are they really random? Cheers,Jens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatMarko Posted May 15, 2014 Report Share Posted May 15, 2014 Yes, generated secrets are 32 random characters, preceded by a single character that denotes the type of secret (for example if a secret starts with an "A" this denotes a "full access" secret, whereas if the first character is a "B" this denotes a "read only" secret, and so forth) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmo Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 GreatMarko, I am not sure secrets are as you describe. For example, I can generate a secret like "ACEAYC457A2U8VQBNMEN0X15779PVMU5Q", and while it is "A" followed by 32 random characters, it doesn't appear to be a valid secret. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Feit Posted August 5, 2014 Report Share Posted August 5, 2014 Base32 encoded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmo Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 This posting http://forum.bittorrent.com/topic/25823-generate-encrypted-read-only-secret-without-api-key has the best description I've read yet of various key formats, including the prefix character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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