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Re:I don't know how I feel about email on Sunday July 16, 2023 @10:10AM (#36747194)
was about to say that ...

> Tags: satire email

Re:git-landmine – create local malicious Git repo on Sunday July 02, 2023 @10:45AM (#36561925)
none that i know of
Re:git-landmine – create local malicious Git repo on Sunday July 02, 2023 @08:44AM (#36560959)
git does not clone hooks, but if a subdirectory of a repo has the structure of a bare repo it can hijack git subcommands for code execution. try:

  git clone https://git.0x90.space/vmann/pwnd && cd pwnd/whoot && git status
it is a bit crazy this is not disabled by default yet.
Re:Should you use Let's Encrypt for internal hostnames? on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @09:40PM (#29818507)
I never got why people think using tar is hard. Specify your archive File with f. want to eXtract it? add a x. want to Create it? add a c. Want it to be Verbose while doing that? add a v. if it's gZiped add a z. Granted, j for bzip2, t for listing is less obvious, but with that it's about everything you need for everyday usage and that more than suffices to disarm that bomb.
Re:Unix Admin Horror Story Summary (1992) on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @12:23AM (#29645868)
Interestingly

  $ bash -c 'cd /var/empty; echo .*'
  . ..
but

  $ ksh -c 'cd /var/empty; echo .*'
  .*
Seems some ksh dev got bitten and restricted this ...
Re:Pattern-defeating quicksort on Friday June 30, 2017 @10:41AM (#14671037)
This is beautiful. I will try to implement this once i'm at home ...
Re:How Hash Algorithms Work (2007) on Friday January 13, 2017 @09:12AM (#13390860)
Title is missleading. From the title I expected something about how to design a hash algorithm, but the article is just a walk through the specific operations SHA-1 performs w/o further explanation.

Can anyone recommand resources about the actual design of (cryptographic) hash algorithms?

Re:Let’s Stop Bashing C on Friday December 02, 2016 @01:04PM (#13090809)
Compiles fine with -Wall -Werror. No warnings.
Re:Show HN: LockedAway – A unique text experience on Wednesday August 17, 2016 @06:14AM (#12303509)
Nice read. I liked it ... :)