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Slightly off-topic. Could somebody recommend good resources on reverse engineering (especially C and Linux)? I'm writing C code for living, but binary level security is not my strong side and I wish to improve it.
http://althing.cs.dartmouth.edu/local/www.acm.uiuc.edu/sigmi...
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The author was wrong, and then corrected their post. Why get indignant on their behalf?
The wrongness, such as it was, is completely beside the point. The author's audience is a group of people where this has a high probability of this being their first exposure to any C at all. That `malloc` is one more thing for them to get tripped up and distracted by. I'm indignant because this happens on almost every marginally interesting article that makes the front page and I'm sick of it. I get that the code wa…
Yes, this is frustrating. It's why we try not to write anything in C anymore.
This is slightly offtopic but I find the vulgar example passwords amusing. I used to use a lot of vulgar language in my code but when you have to commit it and other people (e.g. your supervisor) read it, you have to be more careful.
I usually try to make my passwords obscene if I suspect that they're being stored in something that can be reverted back to plain text, or if I suspect that someone may force me to give it to them (e.g., clueless IT team).
"I always forget, so I wrote it down."
A: What's your password?
B: "I always forget, so I wrote it down."
A: Where?
B: Where what?
A: Where did you write down your password?
B: I don't write down my password.
A: You just told me you did!
B: Why would I do that?
A: Because I was asking you for your password.
B: And I gave it to you.
A: Did you, or did you not, forget your password?
B: No.
A: So let's have it.
B: "I always forget, so I wrote it down."
A: Do you... ah... need to search your pockets?
B: Why?
A: To help you remember.
B: Remember what?
A: Your password.
B: No. It's very distinctive. I always remember it.