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Hamy
Personal blog · hamy.iosystemssecurity
Hamy is a personal blog at hamy.io about systems and security. Since 2018, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 9 times. The last post was in 2019, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this post as a walkthrough for remote unlocking of LUKS-encrypted machines, a setup where a server boots and waits for a passphrase over SSH. It is cited alongside Dropbear-based approaches.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
a sysadmin in the wind
Most-linked posts?
- /post/0005/remote-unlocking-of-luks-encrypted-root-in-ubuntu-debian/2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-03-28
What Hacker News says?
https://hamy.io/post/0005/remote-unlocking-of-luks-encrypted...
Comment linking /post/0005/remote-unlocking-of-luks-encrypted-root-in-ubuntu-debian/
on “I usually run 'w' first when troubleshooting unknown machines”Submitted I lost my data trying to back it up as a story · 185 points
HN discussionFor Ubuntu or Debian the dropbear-initramfs package should handle most of it, it looks like https://hamy.io/post/0005/remote-unlocking-of-luks-encrypted... is an alright run through. Another approach is to use something like OpenWRT as a bootloader then pivot_root into the real distribution after unlocking it - not sure there are any good instructions online for that though. I'm using it on a Raspberry Pi colocated…
Comment linking /post/0005/remote-unlocking-of-luks-encrypted-root-in-ubuntu-debian/
on “Dropbear SSH, a lightweight alternative to OpenSSH”Submitted Remote unlock of LUKS encrypted Ubuntu 18.04.x Server with dropbear SSH server as a story · 3 points
HN discussionCouple of years back, I finally decided to document my efforts. I have a thing for coming up with new ideas and troubleshooting, so I thought to myself maybe it's time to share them with others and give back something to the community. And I must say, even though it only hosts just couple of posts by now, starting my blog was probably one of the most satisfying things I'd ever done. https://hamy.io
Comment linking /
on “Ask HN: Show Us Your Personal Website/Blog?”Submitted How to hide (obfuscate) SSH traffic using obfs4 as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Setting up an encrypted SOCKS proxy using Dante and stunnel as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How I lost my data trying to back it up as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to hide (obfuscate) any traffic using obfs4 as a story · 1 points
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