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Cthulhu_yesterday at 9:21 PM1 replyview on HN

I don't believe servers actually have this level of hardware protection to be honest. Physical protection, as someone else pointed out, on the other hand.

If hacking the xbox goes wrong, the hacker will short out the console. If hacking Azure goes wrong, the hacker will get shot.


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Peanuts99today at 7:22 AM

Azures physical servers actually use a similar technology apparently. They both have some kind of proprietary HSM module that stores keys on the device and is resistant to tampering. I've read that Azure servers actually break this protection when removed from the rack so the server is made entirely useless if it's removed.

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