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minus-squaremac@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoI thought it was poking fun at the tutorial saying instead of learning to code, import a library from someone who knows how to code.
minus-squarelowleveldata@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoThat’s what libraries are for. I’m no security expert and the sensible thing to do is using a library instead of taking a class.
minus-squarebort@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-23 months ago I’m no security expert and the sensible thing to do is using a library instead of taking a class. Counterpoint: “not knowing your libraries” + “blind trust in the maintainer” will give you stuff like this: https://bitbucket.org/snakeyaml/snakeyaml/issues/561/cve-2022-1471-vulnerability-in (the thread itself is worth a read. But also very impressive is the list of big players who fell for exactly this mentality)
minus-squareunique_hemp@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoLove the part where he claims that if your users are authenticated, it’s not untrusted input. I mean, surely you trust all of your users to run any code on your server, right?
I thought it was poking fun at the tutorial saying instead of learning to code, import a library from someone who knows how to code.
That’s what libraries are for. I’m no security expert and the sensible thing to do is using a library instead of taking a class.
Counterpoint: “not knowing your libraries” + “blind trust in the maintainer” will give you stuff like this: https://bitbucket.org/snakeyaml/snakeyaml/issues/561/cve-2022-1471-vulnerability-in
(the thread itself is worth a read. But also very impressive is the list of big players who fell for exactly this mentality)
Love the part where he claims that if your users are authenticated, it’s not untrusted input. I mean, surely you trust all of your users to run any code on your server, right?