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Believe it or not, building a tiny compiler from scratch can be as fun as it is accessible. [James Smith] demonstrates by making a tiny compiler for an extremely simple …read more Continue reading Here’s How To Build a Tiny Compiler From Scratch
If I am shipping a program to my customers which is compiled with GCC, but I want to test the security of the program using Clang, is this generally okay, or will I miss certain security bugs because I am not testing the exact same output/… Continue reading Is switching my C/C++ compiler for security testing generally reliable?
While JavaScript might not be the ideal language to write a production compiler, you might enjoy the “Create Your Own Compiler” tutorial that does an annotated walkthrough of “The Super …read more Continue reading Create a Compiler Step-By-Step
If a dependency that is used in development environment or at build time has a security vulnerability, could it cause a security threat for the application? I’m looking for an example to understand how it can have an impact on the security… Continue reading Vulnerabilities in Build-time Libraries Could be a Security Threat
I have found a tool that requires me to compile it with Visual Studio. I am not sure if I can do it without the risk of malicious software being installed during the compiling process. Is that possible? Or would only the resulting exe file… Continue reading Can I get viruses from compiling C# code?
Keeping source code to programs closed is something that is generally frowned upon here for plenty of reasons. Closed source code is less secure and less customizable, but unfortunately we …read more Continue reading The Legend of Zelda: Decompiled
Wanted to ask if there is any compiler (any known programming language) that is actually encoding machine data into binary, so it is possible to detect the machine where the program has been compiled (e.g. serial, MAC etc.)?
Part of the reason that retrocomputers are still so popular despite their obsolescence is that it’s possible to understand the entire inner workings of a computer like this, from the …read more Continue reading FPGA Retrocomputer: Return To Moncky
Is it possible to disable JIT-Compiler in Firefox? I see some related config options: javascript.options.baselinejit, javascript.options.wasm_baselinejit, javascript.options.wasm_optimizingjit and javascript.options.ion. Is this enough to … Continue reading How to disable JIT-Compiler (Just In Time Compiler) in Firefox? [migrated]
I am addressing a C compile error with a Metasploit exploit called: "linux/local/sudo_baron_samedit". In particular, I have defined all necessary parameters as shown below:
Module options (exploit/linux/local/sudo_baron_samedit):… Continue reading Metasploit – for’ loop initial declarations are only allowed in C99 [closed]