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* These are submitted with a form (over POST, hopefully) * I don't think that the author implies that using POST prevents CSRFs but the article seems to imply it. In case anyone th…

It is not clear whether it reduces the heap size, or the overall footprint of the java process. By the way, if anyone knows of a method to reduce the RSS size of the java process, …

As a programmer, I have been hugely influenced by mathematics. I don't say it in the sense that I use math heavy concepts when programming, but the practice and experience I gained…

"At Priceonomics, we firmly believe that resale value is the best objective indicator of product quality." I may have missed something, but given that prices are supposed to reflec…

There are two problems. 1: disabling cookies bypasses security checks 2: a GET request is not side-effect free The root cause is the combination of both issues.

Riddle me this: what value does the power series Σn=0∞xn/n! have, in terms of x? Of course, the answer is ex From my (fuzzy) math memories, I thought that: exp(x)= 1 + (x^1/1!) + (…

More like a less gloomy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_Experiments_Lain

I totally agree that each country is different (I am half-african and I've lived in a west african country for more than 15 years). The issue is way more complex than it appears. B…

How about corruption and lack of political stability ?

I "vote" with my money too. I wonder if there is an opportunity for an app that would easily enable a consumer to check whether the company (s)he is willing to buy from is in line …

For further information http://insecure.org/stf/smashstack.html is an interesting read.