Not even getting to the airtight hatchway: Creating a process with a different parent

Raymond ChenJanuary 22, 2020Jan 22, 202001/22/20

Fiddling a knob that isn't connected to anything.

It’s not a security vulnerability that users can access files that they have access to, even if the file is a little hard to find

Raymond ChenJanuary 13, 2020Jan 13, 202001/13/20

Perhaps it's behind a sign that says Beware of the Leopard.

2019 year-end link clearance: The different kinds of DLL planting

Raymond ChenDecember 31, 2019Dec 31, 201912/31/19

And why most of them aren't security vulnerabilities.

The case of the Uuid­Create­Sequential that didn’t use the MAC address

Raymond ChenNovember 20, 2019Nov 20, 201911/20/19

If you want to use it, make sure it's good.

Not even getting to the airtight hatchway: Planting files in world-writable directories

Raymond ChenNovember 13, 2019Nov 13, 201911/13/19

But who uses that world-writable directory?

Stop cherry-picking, start merging, Part 11: Chasing the commit by taking a train

Raymond ChenSeptember 23, 2019Sep 23, 201909/23/19

Let the train carry you.

How to split out pieces of a file while preserving git line history: The easy way with misleading commits

Raymond ChenSeptember 18, 2019Sep 18, 201909/18/19

Anticipating the octopus.

How to split out pieces of a file while preserving git line history: The hard way with commit-tree

Raymond ChenSeptember 17, 2019Sep 17, 201909/17/19

More commit-tree tricks.

How do I split a file into two while preserving git line history?

Raymond ChenSeptember 16, 2019Sep 16, 201909/16/19

The octopus delivers.