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itm4n’s blog
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itm4n’s blog is a personal blog at itm4n.github.io about security and programming. Since 2020, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-04-01, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked in a thread on Microsoft giving the FBI BitLocker recovery keys. The one comment explains BitLocker's FVEK and VMK key hierarchy and does not discuss the linked post itself.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
A blog about pentesting with a focus on Windows security research.
What Hacker News says?
BitLocker encrypts data on a disk using what it calls a Full Volume Encryption Key (FVEK).[1][2] This FVEK is encrypted with a separate key which it calls a Volume Management Key (VMK) and the VMK-encrypted FVEK is stored in one to three (for redundancy) metadata blocks on the disk.[1][2] The VMK is then encrypted with one or more times with a key which is derived/stored using one or more methods which are identifie…
Comment linking /tpm-based-bitlocker/
on “Microsoft gave FBI set of BitLocker encryption keys to unlock suspects' laptops”Submitted Privilege Escalation Bug in Windows Service Tracing as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted From RpcView to PetitPotam as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Fuzzing Windows RPC with RpcView as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Printer Spoofer – Abusing Impersonation Privileges on Windows 10 and Server 2019 as a story · 1 points
HN discussion