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fmajid
on July 4, 2021
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Single random bit flip causes error in certificate...
I’ve always understood “bit rot” meaning data getting silently corrupted on o storage device like a hard drive or SSD.
joshspankit
on July 4, 2021
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Same here. “Bit rot” is then analogous to food rot: the longer your data sits unverified, the more likely that there will be flipped bits and therefore “rotten data”.
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