How I nearly almost saved the Internet, starring afl-fuzz and dnsmasq
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How I nearly almost saved the Internet, starring afl-fuzz and dnsmasq
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Re: How I nearly almost saved the Internet, starring afl-fuzz and dnsmasq
#2Why was the title changed from the blog post's title ("How I nearly almost saved the Internet ...")?
Re: How I nearly almost saved the Internet, starring afl-fuzz and dnsmasq
#3Why was the title changed from the blog post's title ("How I nearly almost saved the Internet ...")?
I think it might be considered linkbait, and that's discouraged in the guidelines:
Re: How I nearly almost saved the Internet, starring afl-fuzz and dnsmasq
#4Why was the title changed from the blog post's title ("How I nearly almost saved the Internet ...")?
HN moderators edit submission titles so that they match the submitted articles. Except in the cases where they arbitrarily change it to their liking. Like turning "laid off" into "let go."
Re: How I nearly almost saved the Internet, starring afl-fuzz and dnsmasq
#5Why was the title changed from the blog post's title ("How I nearly almost saved the Internet ...")?
HN moderators edit submission titles so that they match the submitted articles. Except in the cases where they arbitrarily change it to their liking. Like turning "laid off" into "let go."
If only there was a way to submit both the original title and some kind of summary...
Re: How I nearly almost saved the Internet, starring afl-fuzz and dnsmasq
#6The crossed out '2025' in the timeline is bizarre. Have I missed some joke here, or does the author not like to use the delete key?
Re: How I nearly almost saved the Internet, starring afl-fuzz and dnsmasq
#7The crossed out '2025' in the timeline is bizarre. Have I missed some joke here, or does the author not like to use the delete key?
Probably fixed it after publishing the article, and wants to keep corrections visible?
Re: How I nearly almost saved the Internet, starring afl-fuzz and dnsmasq
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
HN moderators edit submission titles so that they match the submitted articles. Except in the cases where they arbitrarily change it to their liking. Like turning "laid off" into "let go."
If only there was a way to submit both the original title and some kind of summary...
Then the moderators would just edit the title and summary as they see fit.
Re: How I nearly almost saved the Internet, starring afl-fuzz and dnsmasq
#9The crossed out '2025' in the timeline is bizarre. Have I missed some joke here, or does the author not like to use the delete key?
yes, its a joke. vendors take a long time to respond, sometimes :-)
Re: How I nearly almost saved the Internet, starring afl-fuzz and dnsmasq
#10The crossed out '2025' in the timeline is bizarre. Have I missed some joke here, or does the author not like to use the delete key?
yes, its a joke. vendors take a long time to respond, sometimes :-)
I used to work with the author of dnsmasq - I’d be surprised if he sat on a vulnerability report the way some larger vendors do.