Sshole-audit
Find, prove and fix *sshole: the OpenSSH password bypass
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Middle of the pack
Beat 65% of Show HN launches that day
#60 of 182 on Nov 5
#1 of 5 Security & Privacy launches on Show HN on Nov 5. 0.0% of Security & Privacy launches (0 of 30) reached 10+ points in the last 7 days. See Security & Privacy →
points · traction gained Nov 11, 10:42 UTC → Nov 12, 10:31 UTC · % shown only when the previous traction was 5+
Traction frozen — tracking ended at 159h after listing. Show HN votes are re-read for ~168h.
comments
listed Nov 5, 19:04 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 3points
- Comments
- 0
- Rank in SECR this week
- —not listed in the last 7 days
- Rank overall this week
- —
- Sector hit rate
- 0.0%0/30 · 7D
- Traction line
- Below10+ points
- First reading
- 3Nov 6, 17:32 UTC
- Last reading
- 3Nov 12, 10:31 UTC
- Readings
- 7over 159h
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Top on Nov 5 · 182 Show HN launches that day, by points
- #1FirenookFirebase emulators in Rust: 40× faster writes, 10× less RAM176 points
- #2Rivet (YC W23)Scale and Orchestrate Agents on S3122 points
- #3Stroqa local audit of what your coding agent did and why96 points
- #4WaymarkA workflow engine that compiles jobs instead of replaying88 points
- #5Spindlea full-featured, type-safe web framework for OCaml 564 points
More in Security & Privacy · top Show HN launches, last 7 days
- Video Analysis with Homomorphic Encryption6 points0
- small WireGuard mesh VPN with no coordination server4 points0
- I checked 66 AI tools' privacy policies for AI training3 points0
- PentestCanvasPentesting Workspace; with Claude and Kali2 pointsfrozen
- Cross-device passkey auth on Android 9, synced with Bitwarden2 points0
Grades · each graded against other Security & Privacy launches from the same source
Momentum
——
Traction gained in the latest daily interval
Not re-read in the latest run, so no recent gain
Velocity
A0.06 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 80% · vs 126 Security & Privacy · Show HN launches, last 30 days
Engagement
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Comments per 10 points
Needs 10+ points; below that the ratio is mostly noise
Staying Power
——
Votes at last reading ÷ votes at first reading
Needs 10+ points and readings from two runs
Launch-day race · #60 of 182 Show HN launches on 2026-11-05
- #58Teach a speech model (en) a name by saying it once, on your Mac3 points
- #59calsdk, one TypeScript API for Google Calendar, Outlook and iCloud3 points
- #60Sshole-audit3 points
- #61Markdown OKF-Schema Studio for VS Code3 points
- #62Flawless UI/UX3 points
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