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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I was going to read this, but when it starts with this... yeah I'll pass.

How does Linux start a process ...and how to ptrace the entry point and m3ss w1th da stack.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Thanks for taking one for the team.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Yeah, the author is a bit 1337 hax0r, and is promoting their own tool, but I still thought the writeup was interesting. It's interesting to see how much a non-root process can do to globally visible data.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Jesus. I thought it just asked nicely.