On.Security
Avoiding ugly afterthoughts. Part b. Coding for Security, Coding for i18n, Testing as a Part of Development
April 4, 2016 by • “No Bugs” Bunny
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Doing sanitization at IDL level automates quite a bit of tedious-and-error-prone work, which is always a Good Thing™
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Hey, this whole thing can be made MUCH simpler, the only thing we need to acknowledge is that the best identifier for a string is the string itself!
Filed under: Book: D&D of MOGs1st beta of Vol. IV-VIOn.ProgrammingDebuggingOn.SecurityBest Practices
Read morePassword Hashing: Why and How
March 7, 2016 by • “No Bugs” Bunny
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Password hashing is a Big Headache, and doing it right is complicated
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Note that none of the C++11 random number engines (LCG, Mersenne-Twister, or Lagged Fibonacci) can be considered good enough for cryptographic purposes – in short, they’re way too predictable and can be broken by a determined attacker, given enough output has leaked.
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