Details about the shebang/hash-bang mechanism on various Unix flavours (2001)(in-ulm.de)

68 points by js2 11 months ago | 14 comments

OpenSSH 10.5/10.5p1(openssh.org)

103 points by voxadam 2 months ago | 32 comments

The history and use of /etc./glob in early Unixes(utcc.utoronto.ca)

60 points by zdw 1 year ago | 30 comments

The xz attack shell script(research.swtch.com)

553 points by todsacerdoti 2 years ago | 279 comments

Russ Cox blog post analyzing the shell script portion of the 2024 xz/liblzma backdoor, explaining how it injected malicious code into the build.

OpenSSH 10.6(openssh.org)

97 points by torcete 20 days ago | 23 comments

Release notes for OpenSSH 10.6, noting many AI-assisted security bug reports, more frequent releases, and an upcoming deprecation of scp's -R flag.

Unix Shells and the Current Directory(utcc.utoronto.ca)

71 points by ingve 2 years ago | 19 comments