ecki

After 2024-04-02 I am only adding important new discoveries (I come accross). There is just too much Blog and Video entries to keep track of.

Initial disclosure:

• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/4
• Aka https://lwn.net/ml/oss-security/20240329155126.kjjfduxw2yrlxgzm@awork3.anarazel.de/

CVE and Alerts

• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rxwq-x6h5-x525
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3094
• https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/03/29/reported-supply-chain-compromise-affecting-xz-utils-data-compression-library-cve-2024-3094

cbarrick

Test cases for the blog post [Encoding tic-tac-toe in 15 bits][post].

Run like this:

# Base4 test
$ cc base4.c && ./a.out

# Base3 test
$ cc base3.c && ./a.out

tomato42

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <fcntl.h>

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <unistd.h>

#include <netdb.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>

cpursley

PostgreSQL is Enough

• Simplify: move code into database functions
• Just Use Postgres for Everything
• PostgreSQL is the worlds’ best database
• Postgres is eating the database world
• Hacker News discussion

Background and Cron Jobs

katef

#!/usr/bin/awk -f

# This program is a copy of guff, a plot device. https://github.com/silentbicycle/guff
# My copy here is written in awk instead of C, has no compelling benefit.
# Public domain. @thingskatedid

# Run as awk -v x=xyz ... or env variables for stuff?
# Assumptions: the data is evenly spaced along the x-axis

# TODO: moving average

typokign

Zoom Sucks

• Zoom abuses the installer flow on MacOS to bypass permissions dialogs (source)
• Zoom sends identifying device info to Facebook, even when users don't have a Facebook account (source) (fixed)
• A bug in Zoom sent identifying information (including email addresses and profile pictures) of thousands of users to strangers (source)
• Zoom claims that meetings are end-to-end encrypted in their white paper and marketing materials, but meetings are only encrypted in transit, and are available in plaintext to Zoom servers and employees. (source)
• zoomAutenticationTool can be used to escalat

rmhsilva

A collection of information about accessing raw MultiTouch events on MacOS.

Useful URLS

• http://www.makeitgo.ws/articles/fingermgmt/
• https://github.com/fajran/tongseng/blob/master/Makefile
• https://github.com/calftrail/TrackMagic/blob/master/MultitouchSupport.h
• https://encyclopediaofdaniel.com/blog/making-the-magic-trackpad-work/
• https://github.com/calftrail/Touch/blob/master/TouchSynthesis/MultitouchSupport.h

iNPUTmice

Getting started with OMEMO

This is a short tutorial on how to get started with OMEMO. This is not to replace the XEP but to extend it and give you some clear steps to follow instead of a having to read through a formal specification.

Namespaces

Until OMEMO becomes an official XEP all current implemenations use the namespace eu.siacs.conversations.axolotl instead of urn:xmpp:omemo:0. Sub-namespaces are seperated by a . instead of a :. The device id however is sperated by :. So the namespace for a PEP device bundle for example will look like this: eu.siacs.conversations.axolotl.bundles:1234. You might want to define some constants in your code to have a central place to configure them later. Compare that to how Conversations does this.

The official XEP will also be based on Olm instead of Axolotl which means

XVilka

This gist will show the support of BiDirectional text in the terminal emulators and console programs. You can read more about the standardization efforts at the dedicated page of FreeDesktop Terminal BiDi working group.

How to test

Logical Order	◀ ◀ ◀ RTL	LTR ▶ ▶ ▶
WHAT IS UNICODE؟ in arabic	in arabic ؟EDOCINU SI TAHW	؟EDOCINU SI TAHW in arabic
	ما هو الترميز الموحد يونيكود؟ in Arabic	ما هو الترميز الموحد يونيكود؟ in Arabic

tombowers

var id = 1;
using (var db = new entityContext())
{
	// Select entity
	var entity = db.dbset.FirstOrDefault(e => e.ID == id);
	if (entity != null)
	{
		// Remove Entity
		db.dbset.Remove(entity);
		db.SaveChanges();