by Raju Alluri | Jan 29, 2015 | Security, Technical, Unix/Linux
Here is a short description of the scenario I was working on. I am using a standard AWS AMI to run tomcat (tomcat7, to be specific.) The default configuration of AWS AMIs (and many other off-the-shelf unix based servers) is such that tomcat (or any other program that...
by Raju Alluri | Dec 31, 2014 | Brain Dump, Economy, Security, Technical
In contrast with other essential elements of human life like death and taxes, the history of insurance has been very short. However, in terms of evolution, the concept of insurance has been constantly changing and continuously embracing new domains. Insurance of...
by Raju Alluri | Dec 31, 2014 | Brain Dump, Economy, Security, Technical
In contrast with other essential elements of human life like death and taxes, the history of insurance has been very short. However, in terms of evolution, the concept of insurance has been constantly changing and continuously embracing new domains. Insurance of...
by Raju Alluri | Nov 4, 2014 | Other Opensource, Security, Technical
Libressl (http://www.libressl.org/) is a recent fork of OpenSSL. The goal of libressl is to provide a more secure alternative to openssl and the developers who forked the code feel that openssl is beyond repair at this point. Quoting from libressl website, LibreSSL is...
by Raju Alluri | Nov 4, 2014 | Other Opensource, Security, Technical
Libressl (http://www.libressl.org/) is a recent fork of OpenSSL. The goal of libressl is to provide a more secure alternative to openssl and the developers who forked the code feel that openssl is beyond repair at this point. Quoting from libressl website, LibreSSL is...
by Raju Alluri | Sep 26, 2014 | Cloud, Security, Technical, Unix/Linux
Bash, the quarter century old shell utility on almost all popular unix based systems, is found to be vulnerable. The exploit works by injecting specially crafted values into an environment variable and using it to invoke a shell command. Once the exploit gets to that...
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