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samvartaka

Personal blog · samvartaka.github.iosecuritysystems

samvartaka is a personal blog at samvartaka.github.io about security and systems. Since 2015, 9 different Hacker News readers have linked it 9 times, most often “Cryptanalysis of intercepted Israeli drone feeds”. The last post was in 2018, but the archive is still widely read.

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9HN people?
2015–2025first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 3 in 2015

Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

samvartaka's blog is linked in a thread on Debian weak keys. The comment discusses how components can each be reliable yet fail to produce stable entropy when combined.

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.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Cryptanalysis of intercepted Israeli drone feeds
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-02-03
  2. A king's ransom: an analysis of the CTB-locker ransomware
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-11-23

What Hacker News says?

  1. Cascais · 2025-02-11
    Well, sort of. But I probably could explained myself better, and maybe compatibility is not the right word, because this can be considered to go beyond compatibility. Some remarks that I found interesting on the topic: -While compatibility/reliability are 110% nice (compatibility being defined as "it works"), that doesn't mean full stability in generating entropy. "Components may be perfect; composition(they all tog…

    Comment linking /cryptanalysis/2017/01/03/33c3-embedded-rngs

    on “Debian weak keys are still out there on the Internet”
  2. mukyu · 2015-09-04

    Submitted Detecting an asymmetric Curve25519 backdoor in RSA key generation algorithms as a story · 96 points

    HN discussion
  3. hekker · 2015-12-08

    Submitted A king's ransom: an analysis of the CTB-locker ransomware as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  4. wslh · 2016-02-03

    Submitted Cryptanalysis of intercepted Israeli drone feeds as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  5. MrXOR · 2018-06-30

    Submitted Analyzing the TRITON industrial malware as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  6. Nokinside · 2017-09-13

    Submitted A quick look at the CIA's Protego: likely a MANPADS missile control system as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  7. wolframio · 2016-02-15

    Submitted Cryptanalysis of intercepted Israeli drone feeds as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  8. dsr12 · 2016-02-02

    Submitted Cryptanalysis of intercepted Israeli drone feeds as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  9. AndreyKarpov · 2015-11-23

    Submitted A king's ransom: an analysis of the CTB-locker ransomware as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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