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Some professional coders are absolutely adamant that learning to program in assembly language in these modern times is simply a waste of time, and this post is not for them. …read more Continue reading Learning x86_64 Assembly By Building A GUI From Scratch
I would like to understand how the following problem is technically possible:
In my company, we have a machine which I and several colleagues connect to. I regularly use x11 forwarding when I connect via SSH. (I receive the data with XQuar… Continue reading X11 forwarding to another user. How it’s possible?
Apple hasn’t always had refined user experiences in their operating systems. In the distant past of the ’90s they were still kind of clunky computers that were far from the …read more Continue reading Porting DOOM to a Forgotten Apple OS
Yes, the transfer to the script via arguments is visible through ps -ax, /proc/<pid>/cmdline etc., BUT if someone has already gained access to your account from the outside (e.g. by hacking your browser) he will have no trouble looki… Continue reading Is it really safe to pass sensitive data to another script via stdin, compared to passing via arguments (Linux)
A month ago Microsoft officially released Windows 11. One of its features is the ability to run Linux GUI applications side by side as peers to normal Windows desktop apps. …read more Continue reading Linux on the Windows 11 Desktop
I use X forwarding with a debian server running openssh so that I can directly copy over error messages I see in tmux to my local machine.
Twice it happened that instead of getting the intended text on my clipboard, I got some gibberish ch… Continue reading Random chinese characters on attempt to copy clipboard from X forwarded ssh session [migrated]
The life of a Linux user can be a bit difficult. Sometimes you have to — or want to — run Windows. Why Windows? Sometimes you have a work computer …read more Continue reading Linux Fu: The Windows X11 Connection
If I ssh to an X server, and forward an application that has vulnerabilities, would my machine be at risk?
For example, if I forward Chrome, would my machine (client) be vulnerable to the browser’s zero day zero click vulnerabilities?
… Continue reading How do the X11 forwarded applications’ vulnerabilities affect the client?
It seems to me there are two camps when it comes to the Raspberry Pi. Some people use them as little PCs or even laptops with a keyboard and screen connected. But many of us use them as cheap Linux servers. I’m in the latter camp. I have probably had …read more
I’m new to Linux and want to understand if X11 is really as dangerous as they say on the Internet?
I will explain how I understand this. Any application launched from under the current user has access to the keyboard, mouse, display (scre… Continue reading Is X11 dangerous?