8K views · Dec 30, 2014 · 29:01 · 2 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2018–2023
Netanel Rubin's 31C3 talk chains Perl's syntax quirks into a powerful remote code execution attack, taking down popular Perl-based projects.
Why Hacker News points people here: Recommended as a funny, engaging look at how Perl's quirks create real security vulnerabilities.
“try this great Perl presentation from Netanel Rubin”HN comment, 2018
“try this great Perl presentation from Netanel Rubin”
Funny, engaging Perl security talk exploiting a 20-year-old vulnerability.
If you loved that video, try this great Perl presentation from Netanel Rubin: this video And it's follow-up cousin "The Camel Strikes Back" link (He says wat alot and it's hilarious)
“Best bash of a programming language”
Bit of offtopic: Best bash of a programming language „The Perl Jam: Exploiting a 20 Year-old Vulnerability“ this video And part 2 „The Perl Jam 2 The Camel Strikes Back“ link
“Friends dont let friends write perl.”
Friends dont let friends write perl. Source: The legendary "Perl Jam" talk from the chaos communication congress. * this video * link Also I find the "ubiquity" argument very side loped. What I could agree with is "small/self-contained install" (e.g. small single executable available for many platforms). But not sure how well perl fares there.
