Why is DNS still hard to learn?(jvns.ca)

458 points by TangerineDream 3 years ago | 232 comments

Julia Evans blog post exploring why DNS remains hard for newcomers to learn despite being stable for decades.

Implement DNS in a Weekend(implement-dns.wizardzines.com)

594 points by asicsp 3 years ago | 68 comments

Julia Evans's blog post announcing a free guide to implementing a DNS resolver from scratch in about 200 lines of Python.

Rust in illumos(wegmueller.it)

117 points by vermaden 2 years ago | 57 comments

"Rules" that terminal programs follow(jvns.ca)

229 points by charlieok 1 year ago | 116 comments

Notes on switching to Helix from Vim(jvns.ca)

278 points by chmaynard 1 year ago | 176 comments

How many IP addresses can a DNS query return? (2015)(ethanheilman.com)

53 points by EthanHeilman 2 years ago | 22 comments

My first contribution to Linux(vkoskiv.com)

633 points by vkoskiv 1 year ago | 76 comments

A blog post recounting the author's experience upstreaming their first Linux kernel patch, fixing a hardware issue on a 2005 Fujitsu Lifebook S2110.

One parser, two bugs, many routers: Exploiting Broadcom WiFi across eCos, Linux(quentinkaiser.be)

87 points by zoobab 10 days ago | 22 comments

Blog post by Quentin Kaiser describing two bugs in a Broadcom WiFi parser and how they are exploited on routers running eCos and Linux.

Home Lab Beginners guide(linuxblog.io)

561 points by ashitlerferad 2 years ago | 351 comments

A blog post on linuxblog.io by Hayden James giving a beginner's guide to choosing hardware for a home lab.

Hacking millions of modems and investigating who hacked my modem(samcurry.net)

773 points by albinowax_ 2 years ago | 261 comments

Sam Curry's blog post on investigating a compromise of his own modem and finding vulnerabilities that allowed remote takeover of millions of ISP modems.

New Linux udisks flaw lets attackers get root on major Linux distros(bleepingcomputer.com)

336 points by smig0 1 year ago | 227 comments

BleepingComputer news article about a udisks vulnerability that lets attackers gain root privileges on major Linux distributions.

How to repurpose your old phone into a web server(far.computer)

326 points by louismerlin 11 months ago | 110 comments

A tutorial on turning an old Android phone into a small home web server by installing postmarketOS, written on a page hosted on a 2015 Fairphone 2.