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Stian Kristoffersen
Personal blog · stiankri.substack.comsecurityprogramming
Stian Kristoffersen writes stiankri's blog, a personal blog at stiankri.substack.com about security and programming. Since 2023, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “TPM Performance:(”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-08-31, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked as the source for a post about storing SSH keys in a TPM chip. The one comment raises related points about API keys, asymmetric keys and TPM signing speed, without judging the writing.
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.
Personal notes on security, cryptography, etc. Launched 3 years ago.
Most-linked posts?
- TPM Performance:(2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-05-25
What Hacker News says?
I would love a world where I could put all my API keys in the TPM so malware couldn't gain persistent access to services after wiping my computer. This would be so easy if more providers used asymmetric keys, like through SSH or mTLS. Unfortunately, many don't, which means that stealing a single bearer token gives full access to services. There's also the TPM speed issue. My computer takes ~500ms to sign with an ECC…
Comment linking /p/tpm-performance
on “Put your SSH keys in your TPM chip”Submitted The Open Secret about Confidential Computing as a story · 24 points
HN discussionSubmitted Supply Chain Issues in PyPI as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted TPM Performance:( as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Distribution Confusion in PyPI as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Honey Encrypted Password Managers as a story · 1 points
HN discussion