All About TPMs
Let's explore the Trusted Platform Module (TPM), a standardized crypto processor chip that has recently become ubiquitous in our devices.
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Let's explore the Trusted Platform Module (TPM), a standardized crypto processor chip that has recently become ubiquitous in our devices.
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By combining YubiKey’s smart card support with mutual TLS client certificates, hardware-bound private keys, and device attestation, you can expose your homelab to the internet in a way that carries very low security risk.
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With GitHub Actions OIDC tokens and Smallstep Certificate Manager, you can access protected internal resources like cloud services, databases, websites, or Kubernetes clusters using short-lived TLS certificates and no hard-coded secrets!
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The shift from SCEP to ACME device attestation is a boon for endpoint security.
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Stop managing and rotating AWS IAM credentials in your workloads. IAM now lets you delegate AWS authentication to an ACME Certificate Authority.
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With systemd-creds, hardware-protected secrets just got a lot easier in Linux
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What if OpenSSL were a GUI program? Here's what it might look like.
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We integrated the Smallstep toolchain into Kelsey Hightower's excellent tutorial, Kubernetes The Hard Way.
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As I round the bend on two years at Smallstep, I have to ask myself: Why is this going so well?
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We researched how dozens of Docker services handle TLS certificates, and developed a few patterns for automating certificate management in container environments.
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Part one of a three part series on securing MongoDB with TLS: How to set up a Certificate Authority for MongoDB servers and clients.
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Part two of a three part series on securing MongoDB with TLS: Configuring MongoDB with server and client TLS validation.
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The last in a three part series on securing MongoDB: Setting up a cluster TLS with X509 user authentication.
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We're excited to announce a new release of our HSM-backed cloud ACME server, the Smallstep ACME Registration Authority for Google CA Services.
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We set up mutual TLS between five services for secure homelab monitoring with Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, Promtail, and node_exporter.
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How to keep secret credentials safe on the command line.
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How to use a PKCS #11 HSM with step-ca
to protect your private keys
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Let's make a tiny, standalone CA! We'll use a Raspberry Pi 4, YubiKey 5 NFC, and Infinite Noise TRNG.
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ACME is a great protocol for internal certificate management, but enterprise software is not yet ready.
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We added SSH certificate templates to step-ca, and it opened up some unexpected opportunities.
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We're excited to announce our new HSM-backed cloud ACME server, the Smallstep ACME Registration Authority for Google CA Services.
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We've added X.509 certificate templates to Step Certificates
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How to create and deploy a simple and minimal bastion host on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
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Learn how to prepare for emergency access to your SSH hosts.
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Naming a CLI command requires deep and careful deliberation.
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The SSH agent acts behind the scenes to keep you safe. Here's how it works.
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A few of our favorite SSH tricks and tips sure to improve your daily experience.
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Let's set up Google SSO for SSH! We’ll use OpenID Connect (OIDC), SSH certificates, a clever SSH configuration tweak, and Smallstep’s open source packages.
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