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Re:Privoxy, a non-caching web proxy with filtering capabilities by adamrt on Monday October 09, 2017 @05:38PM (#15437702)
Can you elaborate on this? What do you mean by native code, other than it being C? Why would a loopback listening daemon be an excellent way to get a remote exploit?.
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Re:Privoxy, a non-caching web proxy with filtering capabilities by nerpderp83 on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @12:57PM (#15443368)
It parses and rewrites HTML in C. And it is an esoteric tool. Throw AFL at it for a day, 100% chance of segfault.
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