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Distributing virtually boxed applications

Posted Tue, 06/30/2009 - 12:20 by flo
virtualbox logo

Our DebConf BoF titled "Distributing virtually boxed applications" has been scheduled!

We'll present a system to distribute virtualbox images. The system images are shared by all
users, immutable and updateable, and a small persistent virtual disk for the data is generated on the fly.

The BoF introduces this solution to anyone interested in getting from .vdi to .deb and invites you to join a
discussion about the pros and cons of this approach.

Feel free to ping me with any questions.

template to report xss vulnerabilities

Posted Wed, 05/20/2009 - 11:23 by flo

As tech savy (security focussed) Internet citizen i'm often tinkering with sites using manual or automated techniques. Often there are issues, mostly regarding XSS. Discovering of websites prone to XSS attacks is no supreme discipline (especially if your Name is eg Gareth Heyes), but the tedious task of reporting them is.

Enough written, following is a short XSS Report Template to report such issues directly to  the website owners:

apple website simple xss

Posted Tue, 05/12/2009 - 21:30 by flo

While reading a bit in The Mac Hacker's Handbook and hacking some Cocoa with Xcode, i was browsing the Apple Developer Connection. Bored by this rainy tuesday afternoon, i did a quick audit of the advanced search form.