Collaborate Disseminate
This article suggests to restrict compilers to root, but does not say how, and I couldn’t find anything useful by searching the Web.
ii g++ 4:5.3.1-1ubuntu1 i386 GNU C++ compiler
… Continue reading How do I harden compilers (as suggested by Lynis)?
Any maker worth their bits will look for new ways to challenge themselves. [Robert Fotino], a computer science student at the University of California, is doing just that: designing and building his own lightweight hobbyist game console that he has appropriately named Consolite.
[Fotino] wrote his own compiler in C++ that converts from C-like languages to a custom-designed assembler that he has dubbed Consolite Assembly. To test his code, he also wrote an emulator before loading it onto the Mimas V2 FPGA board. Presently, Consolite uses 64KiB of main memory and 48 KiB of video memory; a future version will …read more
When I am compiling software for local installation, what factors should I take into consideration when deciding whether to compile as root or to compile under my regular user account?
./configure
make
sudo make install
or
sudo su
./co… Continue reading Should I compile as root?
This article about BIND9 concludes with the statement:
The point I’m trying to make here is that BIND9 should not be exposed to the public. It has code problems that should be unacceptable in this day and age of cybersecurity. Even if it… Continue reading Are there any type safe languages with deterministic compilers?
Is it good secure programming practice to overwrite sensitive data stored in a variable before it is deleted (or goes out of scope)? My thought is that it would prevent a hacker from being able to read any latent data in RAM due to data-r… Continue reading Would it be good secure programming practice to overwrite a "sensitive" variable before deleting it?
I know if a person has a GUID from a machine that person can figure out if other guid belongs to that machine.
In a .NET project (csproj and the visual studions solution file) GUIDs are generated. If i were to compile this project would t… Continue reading Are .NET project GUID’s visible when compiling?
