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Code Arcana
Personal blog · codearcana.comsecuritysystemsprogramming
Code Arcana is a personal blog at codearcana.com about security, systems and programming. Since 2013, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times, most often “Exploiting a Go Binary”. The last post was in 2022, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked in a thread on the Rails Active Record data injection vulnerability (CVE-2014-0080), with the post arguing against Rails and in favour of a home-grown approach. One commenter disputes its premises.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Exploiting a Go Binary2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-05-16
What Hacker News says?
I'm not making excuses for Rails, which is comparable to many other frameworks on security issues in my experience, I'm pointing out (as many others have done) that your argument is based on false premises. If your home-grown solution is based on golang and you've had security audits done with nothing found, congratulations, but if you haven't, it is almost certainly more vulnerable to a wide range of flaws, some in…
Comment linking /posts/2013/04/23/exploiting-a-go-binary.html
on “Rails Data Injection Vulnerability in Active Record (CVE-2014-0080)”Submitted Exploiting a Go Binary as a story · 112 points
HN discussionSubmitted Bash Performance Tricks as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Graceful questions to avoid a toxic engineering team as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Dtrace isn't just a tool; it's a philosophy as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Securing and Exploiting Go Binaries as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Introduction to Format String Exploits as a story · 1 points
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