infosex.exchange <3

You are probably looking for the infosec.exchange Mastodon instance

This host is mostly for my random stuff, and in little part acts like a well-intentioned placeholder for the typosquatted domain.

Discoverability and Archiving

Currently I'm using this host for saving the items from my own feeds to the Wayback Machine and provide in-links for search engines. I hate that I have to do this, but the non-sense ideology of Mastodon pretty much ruined the search feature for Fediverse as a whole, and this wasn't changed by the fact that they owned their mistake and implemented search eventually.

Yes, I (or anyone else) could do similar things with other peoples published feeds, regardless of the tantrum. No, you can't defederate this, because the process doesn't rely on an instance.

Gluttony Section for Search Engines

I'm at about third of the 100 #Rust exercises and I think we just got to the "Draw the rest of the fucking owl" part 🖊
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I find CVE-2024-40896 (Raptor/libxml2 XXE) very educational:

Based on the analysis[1] it's a nice example of Chesterton’s Fence[2], while its discovery[3] underlines the importance of automated testing for regressions and known dangerous behavior.

[1] https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/12/25/2 (thx @alexandreborges for sharing!)
[2] https://fs.blog/chestertons-fence/
[3] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/761
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@malwarejake duh?
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@raptor I'm working myself through https://rust-exercises.com/100-exercises/ right now :)

Can't wait for your recommendations!
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Former NSA cyberspy's not-so-secret hobby – Xmas light hacks • The Register
https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/25/joyce_christmas_lights/

#frombsky
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I survived #Whamageddon \o/
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@stf @pluralistic @cstross I learned at Bsky that at least author royalties are independent from distributors which is good news!

https://bsky.app/profile/notaname.info/post/3le53oer4hk24
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To avoid sudden dangerous drops of frustration during these peaceful Holidays I'm configuring Postfix.
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@infosecdj That's a good one, thanks! I'd be also interested in broader topics like contemporary literature, sci-fi, etc.
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What are the online #book stores that are neither a) monopolistic giants built on enshittification nor b) copyright bullies?

If I ask for a unicorn, which ones do at least give authors a more fair share for their work?
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