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karel-3d • today at 11:26 AM • 2 replies • view on HN

Well humans should NOT glance at private keys! That is the whole point of HSMs!


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consp • today at 11:58 AM

I'm still flabergasted the HSM allowed this key to be generated. Then again, I've worked with HSMs, there are always many mistakes in the firmware, usually less severe though.

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silvestrov • today at 1:03 PM

But eMudhra wanted to (was required to) export the keys.

So using an HSM in the first place is a security theater. Or that this HSM isn't really an HSM since it allows for export of the private key.

The trusted enclave in a MacBook is more secure than this HSM.

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