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I still think about how Instagram's entire kingdom (source code, SSL certs, AWS credentials) was left wide open because someone deployed an open source admin to
by danso 6y ago
I still think about how Instagram's entire kingdom (source code, SSL certs, AWS credentials) was left wide open because someone deployed an open source admin tool on a single server and never changed the default hardcoded secret key:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10754194 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10754194
https://web.archive.org/web/20151217205414/http://www.exfiltrated.com/research-Instagram-RCE.php https://web.archive.org/web/20151217205414/http://www.exfilt...
- ProAm 6y agoIt's okay that person had to solve really tough programming interview questions on a whiteboard to get that gig.
- jesselawson 6y ago^^ Most underrated comment here lol
- WrtCdEvrydy 6y agoSadly "The Whiteboard" doesn't test for having a pulse, just memorization :P
- notReally01 6y agoBiologically speaking it’s all memorization. You memorized how to obfuscate comprehensions in a thousand ways. High 5 Discovery of net new abstraction is more interesting than re-proving you know what a mutex or cloud stack look like.
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- jennyyang 6y ago2-3 whiteboard interviews with 2 questions each. All questions need to be answered correctly.