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thesamesam / xz-backdoor.md
Last active November 4, 2024 18:32
xz-utils backdoor situation (CVE-2024-3094)

FAQ on the xz-utils backdoor (CVE-2024-3094)

This is a living document. Everything in this document is made in good faith of being accurate, but like I just said; we don't yet know everything about what's going on.

Background

On March 29th, 2024, a backdoor was discovered in xz-utils, a suite of software that

@RogerRiggs
RogerRiggs / SensitiveData.java
Last active February 19, 2023 00:15
Example Using java.lang.ref.Cleaner as a Replacement for Finalize and Testing of the cleanup.
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* DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
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@Hakky54
Hakky54 / cheat_sheet_http_client_ssl_configuration_for_java_kotlin_scala.md
Last active August 18, 2022 11:56
Cheat Sheet - Http Client SSL TLS Configuration for Java Kotlin and Scala with example http requests
@thrimbor
thrimbor / ac_proton.sh
Created July 25, 2019 19:29
Assetto Corsa on Proton
# Based on https://pastebin.com/f5eUDcr0, but fixed
export WINEPREFIX=~/SteamLibrary/steamapps/compatdata/244210/pfx # change if your steam library is somewhere else
winecfg #change to windows XP -> OK
wine uninstaller # uninstall all stuff related to .NET or Mono
wget 'http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/5/A/95A9616B-7A37-4AF6-BC36-D6EA96C8DAAE/dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe'
wine ~/dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe /q
winecfg # change to Windows 7, libraries -> add "mscoree" -> pick "mscoree" from list -> clicke edit -> set to "Native (Windows)" -> click OK and OK
wget 'http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/E/6/9E63300C-0941-4B45-A0EC-0008F96DD480/NDP471-KB4033342-x86-x64-AllOS-ENU.exe'
@melix
melix / README.md
Last active June 22, 2023 20:57
Reproducing the benchmarks of the Maven vs Gradle performance page

Gradle vs Maven performance reproduction instructions

Install the Gradle Profiler

This page explains how to reproduce the Gradle vs Maven performance numbers yourself. For that, you need to install the Gradle profiler, a tool which will automate benchmarking by running several builds in a row, with the appropriate options (it also runs Maven builds).

Generate the test projects

Our performance comparison uses 4 test projects:

@nateware
nateware / make_favicon.sh
Last active June 27, 2024 16:02
Imagemagick to create favicon.ico with 16x16 and 32x32 sizes in it
# IE is still braindead so still use favicon.ico
convert -resize x16 -gravity center -crop 16x16+0+0 -flatten -colors 256 input.png output-16x16.ico
convert -resize x32 -gravity center -crop 32x32+0+0 -flatten -colors 256 input.png output-32x32.ico
convert output-16x16.ico output-32x32.ico favicon.ico
# Then, HTML needs to specify size="XxY" as largest size due to browser bugs
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico" sizes="32x32">