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Cguide
C Is C low or high level? This depends on the context. Firstly back in the day when most computers were programmed in assembly, C was seen as high level, simply because it offered the highest level of abstraction at the time, while nowadays with languages like Python and JavaScript...
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Binary
Binary The word binary in general refers to having two choices or “two of a thing”; in computer science binary refers to the base 2 numeral system, i.e. a system of writing numbers with only two symbols, usually 1s and 0s, which are commonly interpreted true vs false. We can...
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Linuxhardening
Linux Hardening Guide Linux Hardening Guide Linux is by itself not a secure kernel. However, there are steps you can take to improve it. This guide aims to explain how to harden Linux as much as possible for security and privacy. This guide attempts to be distribution agnostic and is...
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Linux
Linux Linux Linux being secure is a common misconception in the security and privacy realm. Linux is thought to be secure primarily because of its source model, popular usage in servers, small userbase and confusion about its security features. This article is intended to debunk these misunderstandings by demonstrating the...
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Typical Assembly Language
Introduction Assembly languages are usually unstructured, i.e. there are no control structures such as if or while statements: these have to be manually implemented using labels and jump (goto) instructions. There may exist macros that mimic control structures. The typical look of an assembly program is however still a single...