Tavis Ormandy

Zenbleed

If you remove the first word from the string "hello world" , what should the result be? This is the story of how we discovered that the answer could be your root password!

Why are anime catgirls blocking my access to the Linux kernel?

Hey… quick question, why are anime catgirls blocking my access to the Linux kernel?

Lotus 1-2-3 For Linux

It’s an exciting time in the Lotus 1-2-3 enthusiast community – that was a joke, there is no enthusiast community, it’s just me! 😆

Reptar

We have a CPU mystery! We found a way to cause some processors to enter a glitch state where the normal rules don’t apply, but what does that mean…?

Lotus 1-2-3 arbitrary resolution

I tend to use a lot of retro software, partly because I’m a big nerd but also because I just prefer to work in a terminal. There were a ton of major commercial software products for MS-DOS that were highly polished, and can still be used effectively in an xterm today.

Password Managers

I’ve spent a lot of time trying to understand the attack surface of popular password managers. I think I’ve spent more time analyzing them than practically anybody else, and I think that qualifies me to have an opinion!

Hacking the Timex m851

Nope, I think this might be the best ultra-low power consumer digital watch ever produced!

WordPerfect for UNIX (1992)

I found this interesting print-ad for WordPerfect for UNIX, apparently the best UNIX product of 1992! (Very) Belated congratulations Corel!

Troubleshooting: Terminal Lag

I think I should blog more about random troubleshooting sessions, if nothing else it will remind me what steps I took when it inevitably happens again!

Unstripping Stripped Binaries

Quest for my perfect watch

I love my Casio Protrek watch, I won’t leave the house without it. I’ve owned it for years, as well as some earlier Protrek models. Those earlier models didn’t break — these watches are basically indestructible — I just liked them so much I went and bought the new revisions!