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/me also misses IRC from the times where you could type -- all lines aligned (to the left, however unbelievable that sounds) regardless of the length of the users name. Today I hav…

I continue to use Dropbox as my company is paying for it anyway which makes my dropbox limit bigger than my hard-drive will ever be and it doesn't make sense to make my own life ha…

I never wrote too many C or C++ on the desktop, but often ended up refactoring my embedded code from one style to an other. After a while I realized this is simply my way of unders…

And indeed I just received an email from QNAP: http://qnap.benchmarkmails26.com/c/v?e=53F45E&c=47C09&l=149F...

I believe there will be plenty of linux NASs that will be vulnerable for the forseeable future. NASs are usually bigger and more functional than routers, they tend to run a more fu…

import os os.putenv("ANYTHING", "() { :;}; echo bu") os.system("bash") If this works (and it does) that means it's enough for a CGI script to invoke bash. It doesn't even have to b…

CDNs are used to deliver static, highly cacheable content, like assets, images, media content, stuff that will be delivered to many users. It is very rare that a website serves thi…