So i wrote this on the other site (the short messages wannabe porn site) and predictably got just a single response.
Perhaps here I would fare better?
Reading the Qualys writeup about the OpenSSH race condition RCE it occurred to me that there should be a book titled "Beautiful Exploits" in which a handful of beautiful exploits are explained and their philosophical and historical implications are discussed.
Which ones you'd pick?
@4Dgifts NSA's EternalBlue for its historical and philosophical significance. EternalBlue clearly demonstrates that undermining a common good is a terrible idea, and that such information will inevitably leak and become accessible to those with less technological resources.
There was so much fallout from that exploit, particularly WannaCry. I remember listening to a radio program where some US gov. computers were affected by WC and thinking about the irony.
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