configuring-hsm-for-key-storage

configuring-hsm-for-key-storage is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from andycungkrinx91/konoha. It costs 45 tokens per session (911 once invoked), scanned A, a copy of configuring-hsm-for-key-storage, MIT.

A guide to configuring a hardware security module, or HSM, to protect cryptographic keys. An HSM is a tamper-resistant device that keeps keys inside the device while performing operations such as signing and encryption.

In plain words
What is it for?
It helps configure physical HSMs or SoftHSM2 for development through the PKCS#11 interface, generate keys, and use them for signing, encryption, and key management.
Why use it?
It reduces the chance that private keys will be copied or exposed on an application server. It also provides a controlled way to create, use, and manage important keys.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one. Also seen: installed under .agents/ (shared by several agents).

Good fit It helps configure physical HSMs or SoftHSM2 for development through the PKCS#11 interface, generate keys, and use them for signing, encryption, and key management.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/andycungkrinx91/konoha/configuring-hsm-for-key-storage
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Any agent
npx skills add andycungkrinx91/konoha --skill configuring-hsm-for-key-storage
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/andycungkrinx91/konoha

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 45 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 911 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin 100% copy Near-identical to another mod in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

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ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00045 $0.00911
Opus 5.5 $0.00018 $0.00364
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00009 $0.00182
Haiku 4.5 $0.00005 $0.00091

Measured today against content hash 75852f7ce6ae, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

configuring-hsm-for-key-storage scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured today.

The scan reads SKILL.md. This mod also ships 2 executable files (scripts/agent.py, scripts/process.py), listed below but not scanned — reading those needs a real analyzer, not pattern matching.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

Origin

This is a copy

100% identical to configuring-hsm-for-key-storage — 0 lines differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.

.agents/skills/akatsuki-skill/references/anthropic-cybersecurity-skills-assets/skills/configuring-hsm-for-key-storage/SKILL.md · 110 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 110 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Configuring HSM for Key Storage

Overview

Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) are tamper-resistant physical devices that safeguard cryptographic keys and perform cryptographic operations in a hardened environment. Keys stored in an HSM never leave the device boundary, providing the highest level of key protection. This skill covers configuring HSMs using the PKCS#11 standard interface, including key generation, signing, encryption, and key management using both physical HSMs and SoftHSM2 for development.

When to Use

  • When deploying or configuring configuring hsm for key storage capabilities in your environment
  • When establishing security controls aligned to compliance requirements
  • When building or improving security architecture for this domain
  • When conducting security assessments that require this implementation

Prerequisites

  • Familiarity with cryptography concepts and tools
  • Access to a test or lab environment for safe execution
  • Python 3.8+ with required dependencies installed
  • Appropriate authorization for any testing activities

Objectives

  • Configure SoftHSM2 as a development PKCS#11 provider
  • Generate and manage keys inside the HSM via PKCS#11
  • Perform cryptographic operations (sign, verify, encrypt, decrypt) using HSM-resident keys
  • Implement HSM-backed certificate authority operations
  • Configure key access policies and user authentication
  • Interface with cloud HSM services (AWS CloudHSM, Azure)

Key Concepts

HSM Compliance Levels

FIPS Level Protection Use Case
FIPS 140-2 Level 1 Software only Development
FIPS 140-2 Level 2 Tamper-evident, role-based auth General production
FIPS 140-2 Level 3 Tamper-resistant, identity-based auth Financial, government
FIPS 140-2 Level 4 Physical tamper response Military, classified

PKCS#11 Architecture

Application --> PKCS#11 API --> HSM Provider --> Hardware HSM
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                              (SoftHSM2 for dev)

Read the full file on GitHub · 110 lines

Files

What ships with it

6 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. today First seen · 110 lines · 45 tokens per session scan A 75852f7ce6ae

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configuring-hsm-for-key-storage is a skill published in the GitHub repository andycungkrinx91/konoha (12 stars, last pushed today), licensed MIT. It adds 45 tokens to every session and 911 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 100% identical to configuring-hsm-for-key-storage, differing in 0 lines, and is treated as a copy.

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