February digest
Uncovering a 24-year-old bug in the Linux Kernel
An investigation about an rsync problem morphing into a bug in the TCP handling by the kernel. A very interesting deep dive into a bug and its resolution.
Uncovering a 24-year-old bug in the Linux Kernel
Prevent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in a Spring Application
Always for good measure to avoid vulnerabilities in your application. There’s a nice tutorial with multiple choices to prevent XSS attacks.
Prevent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in a Spring Application
Stop Using Icon Fonts
Some good reasons to drop using icons font, and use SVG icons.
Test yourself the OWASP Top 10
An interactive tutorial on the best known OWASP vulnerabilities, with real examples.
10 Software Engineering Laws Everybody Loves to Ignore
Oh this one’s good! Maybe print them and display them in the Open space ;)
10 Software Engineering Laws Everybody Loves to Ignore
Mutation testing: Too good to be true?
Great analysis on mutation testing and what it means performance-wise and result-wise. As always, it is a great tool but it comes with a price.
