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I was unable to understand "secure coding practices" (beyond buffer overflows and sql escaping anyway) until I started examining real exploits to understand the
by sophacles 17y ago
I was unable to understand "secure coding practices" (beyond buffer overflows and sql escaping anyway) until I started examining real exploits to understand them. Why do you assume that the OP wants only to break things?
- cperciva 17y agoWhy do you assume that the OP wants only to break things? Because he's new here, and when new people wander in here looking for security vulnerabilities, it's usually because they've misunderstood what the site is about. Also, he specifically asked for the latest security exploits -- if your goal is to learn rather than attack, it doesn't matter if a vulnerability has been fixed already. (In fact, it's better if it has, since that way you can see both how the attack works and how to prevent it.)
- Mafana0 17y agoI don't consider myself "new" here, I've been reading the discussions here for months, and I do understand what the site is all about. I do understand that "HN" isn't about breaking systems, which I'm not trying to do. Have asked about the "latest" security exploits, I'm not trying to "attack", I just want to know "modern" security exploits I can try on my own system. I'll appreciate it if you tell me about new security exploits along with their fixes. Thanks and sorry again for the inconvenience.