Secure the Border and Build the Wall — A Compendium of Access Control on Unix-Like OSes

Beginner's Guide to Installing from Source (2015)

Fixing the Next 10,000 Aliasing Bugs

Issue #343

3/8/2023

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Secure the Border and Build the Wall — A Compendium of Access Control on Unix-Like OSes

Published: 28 February 2023
Tags: linux, os, server, unix

Patrick Louis discusses security and access control in computer systems.
Some highlights:

  • A very deep-dive
  • Covers authentication, access control, isolation, logging, and general security
  • Looks at OpenBSD, SunOS, Linux, FreeBSD, macOS, and Android


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Beginner's Guide to Installing from Source (2015)

Published: 28 August 2015
Tags: linux, unix

An older article, but useful nonetheless. Simon Kitching provides background information about relevant commands and the process in general for downloading and installing code from source.
Some highlights:

  • Highlights different methods of distribution
  • Covers security, specifically checking the checksum hash
  • Touches on build Systems: configure, make, cmake, etc


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Fixing the Next 10,000 Aliasing Bugs

Published: 5 March 2023
Tags: crypto, java, rust

The author of this article looks at a number of common software bugs that are solved by something resembling Rusts' borrow-checker. Is it an ad for Rust? Kind of. Is it still interesting? Yup.
Some highlights:

  • Uses an implementation of a Java array to demonstrate aliasing bug
  • Explores a Solidity bug that lead to $150 million being stolen
  • Presents how these types of bugs can be eliminated


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How did I do?

* Amazing
* Articles not relevant to me
* Articles were relevant, but badly written
* Summaries told me everything I wanted to know
* I like turtles

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