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For those not familiar with it, Phrack was teaching how to exploit buffer overflows back in 1996 [1]. This is still relevant today and required for some certifi
by goshx 6y ago
For those not familiar with it, Phrack was teaching how to exploit buffer overflows back in 1996 [1]. This is still relevant today and required for some certifications in cyber security like the OSCP.
[1] http://phrack.org/issues/49/14.html http://phrack.org/issues/49/14.html
- goshx 6y agoAlso worth mentioning the Hacker’s Manifesto from 1986: http://phrack.org/issues/7/3.html http://phrack.org/issues/7/3.html
- rtuin 6y agoSuch a classic. One of my favorite things ever written.
- xtracto 6y agoAlso notable that The Mentor (Loyd) actually participates (or used to participate) here in Hacker News. I had a brief starstuck moment when he commented here in another thread in the past. I was so identified by this in the early 1990s because I was very lonely in my small town in a developing country where nobody cared about computers and programming. As I got access to the internet I finally found a sense of belonging.
- goshx 6y agoThat’s my story as well, but late 90’s.
- spacemanmatt 6y agoImagine running across him in your social circle at 17 ;)
- hunter2_ 6y agoThat's awesome. Perhaps closer to the early 2000s for me (on Astalavista [sic] or some such), and I still get the feels when I read it. It really made what otherwise seemed like a strange/underground interest turn into a noble pursuit.