THE VIDEO SHELF · perl security vulnerabilities
Netanel Rubin: The Perl Jam: Exploiting a 20 Year-old Vulnerability
Netanel Rubin's 31C3 talk chains Perl's syntax quirks into a powerful remote code execution attack, taking down popular Perl-based projects.
Why HN readers recommended it
Recommended as a funny, engaging look at how Perl's quirks create real security vulnerabilities.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- media.ccc.de
- Topic
- perl security vulnerabilities
- Format
- talk
- Level
- intermediate
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2018–2023
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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If you loved that video, try this great Perl presentation from Netanel Rubin: [VIDEO] And it's follow-up cousin "The Camel Strikes Back" [LINK] (He says wat alot and it's hilarious)
lathiat on Hacker News · 2018-09
In Show HN: WatBit of offtopic: Best bash of a programming language „The Perl Jam: Exploiting a 20 Year-old Vulnerability“ [VIDEO] And part 2 „The Perl Jam 2 The Camel Strikes Back“ [LINK]
BonoboIO on Hacker News · 2022-04
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