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Tracing a process as a user

On Linux[*], just because a process is owned by a user does not mean that user can trace the process. By trace I mean using applications such as strace or gdb to peek at the internals of the process. The process must also be dumpable, that is whether the process may generate a a core [...]

cPanel 2010 Conference

The cPanel 2010 Conference is drawing nigh, October 4th – 6th. This year I will be presenting on secure coding practices. It seems many articles are focused on cross-site scripting, cross-site request forgery and other browser-targeted exploits. My presentation will focus on the server-side aspect of secure programming practices. It is especially designed for people [...]