I haven't updated in forever and a day. I suck ( Read more... )

The invisiblog concept is pretty neat. I haven't looked at it too closely, and the site doesn't appear to have many active users (yet), but much of the reading is nonetheless compelling. Oh, what confessions a feeling of safety brings!

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I also found an online draft of Linkers and Loaders, which I've been working through during my idle time ( Read more... )

George Guiniski (aka the guy who disclosed those OpenBSD kernel bugs, annoying blackhats everywhere) pointed out a gcc bug:

$ gcc --version
2.95.3
$ cat gcc-crash.c
int main(void)
{
printf("%c","msux"[0xcafebabe]);
}
$ gcc gcc-crash.c
gcc: Internal compiler error: program cc1 got fatal signal 11
After wallowing through the fud someone finally ( Read more... )

grsecurity rocks. Oh wait, you already knew that? It seems obvious, why isn't everyone running hardened kernels? I suspect it has to do with the general naivete about security in the computer world (at least among non-infosec people). See the following attitudes:

a) "I keep my box patched up to date. Nothing I run is vulnerable."In my ( Read more... )

So, topcoder.

If you've never seen the site, you should go. It's here. Its main offering is a timed programming contest. You are assigned a room and a set of problems. You get 75 minutes to code, a 5 minute intermission, and 15 minutes to challenge another player's solution. You get points based on correctness, time, and successful challenge ( Read more... )