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wglb on July 5, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: So You Want to Be a Security Expert

Regarding abstractions, learn how to puncture them.

emmelaich on July 6, 2012 [–]

I think it was Robert Morris (rtm's father) who said when asked how to break security:

1. Look in the manual for statements of the form "Don't do X"

2. Do X

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