The good, the bad, the ugly. Wireshark/Ethereal is probably the worst software ever written (besides IE). It counts 112 CVE entries and I finally give up hope that this software will ever improve. Why is it that hard to write a protocol analyzer?
Atlanta, we've got a problem... the video shows how to fool a coke machine and get free drinks (free like stealing).
This is a nice summary on memory mismanagement for C/C++ coders. It covers memory-leaks, double-frees, off-by-ones, unassigned pointers and other common mistakes.
"I've always wanted to change my legal name to ;DROP DATABASE; and see what kind of havoc ensues..."
boing boing reports that the brand new hddvd encryption key was leaked one weak after its rollout. grats.
how to get a free meal
There's a new staff and a new release of the legendary phrack e-zine. (how could I miss this?)
ray, deep thought and me at the campsite at cccamp 2007
In 1950, Alan Turing proposed a test to determine artificial intelligence: when an observer cannot distinguish a machine from a man (connected with a typewriter), this is artificial intelligence. Today, the day has come... (via fefe)
I dislike PHP. It's because it's users. The lecturer tells about xss among others and guess what his site suffers from? sigh.
