16 January 2021

28 links · Saturday

I told you so, 2021 edition

Cinnamon-screensaver got popped, again. If you are not running XScreenSaver on Linux, then it is safe to assume that your screen does not lock. The latest: 2021: Mash keys on the virtual keyboard to unlock Cinnamon-screensaver. Previously: CVE-2019-3010, Privi…

Computer System Engineering

This class covers topics on the engineering of computer software and hardware systems. Topics include techniques for controlling complexity; strong modularity using client-server design, operating systems; performance, networks; naming; security and privacy; f…

Working inside WSL using Visual Studio Code

Have you ever tried to develop inside the WSL? I did not until now. I used the WSL only as a Docker host for Docker Desktop. Recently I had to check a demo building and running on Linux. This tutorial shows you how to develop inside the WSL

Book Review: The Games That Weren’t by Frank Gasking

Towards the end of of 1985, adverts started appearing in my Computer & Video Games magazines for “the first ever computer cartoon” – Scooby Doo in the Castle Mystery! And to a…

Newsletter Week 2, 2021

BlogsHow to Use Query Strings in Blazor WebAssemblyCreating Serverless Apps with .NET using Azure FunctionsLinkedIn: Marinko Spasojevic Twitter: @CodeMazeBlog Cars Island ASP .NET Core API - integration with Azure Cosmos DB - part 3LinkedIn: Daniel Krzyczkows…

Duende Software Blog

We help companies using .NET to build identity and access control solutions for modern applications.

Lua, a misunderstood language

Lua is one of my favourite programming languages. I've used it to build a CMS for my old educational website, for creating cool IoT hardware projects, for building little games, and experimenting with network decentralisation. Still, I don't consider myse...

Maximizing Developer Effectiveness

To be successful at digital transformation you need to optimize the key feedback loops in your software engineering organization

Escaping VirtualBox 6.1: Part 1

This post is about a VirtualBox escape for the latest currently available version (VirtualBox 6.1.16 on Windows). The vulnerabilities were discovered and exploited by our team Sauercl0ud as part of the RealWorld CTF 2020/2021.

Code Maze Weekly #60 - Code Maze

We’ve started strong this year, and the trend is going upwards. Here’s a fresh batch of articles for this week, and as always, there are many different topics to choose from and that’s just what we like. Hopefully, you’ll find your cup of tea in here, so you d…

A history of end-to-end encryption and the death of PGP

1981 - RFC 788 - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is published, the standard for email is born. This is were everything starts, we now have an open peer-to-peer protocol that everyone on the internet can use to communicate. 1991 The US government intro…