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The book provides samples of code written in C, and learning exercises at the end of chapters. The author is a former writer for the Linux Weekly News [1] and the current maintainer for the Linux man pages project. [2] The Linux Programming Interface has been translated into several languages. [3]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 March 2025. Family of Unix-like operating systems This article is about the family of operating systems. For the kernel, see Linux kernel. For other uses, see Linux (disambiguation). Operating system Linux Tux the penguin, the mascot of Linux Developer Community contributors, Linus Torvalds Written in ...
Kali Linux is a Linux distribution designed for digital forensics and penetration testing. [4] It is maintained and funded by Offensive Security . [ 5 ] The software is based on the Debian Testing branch: most packages Kali uses are imported from the Debian repositories . [ 6 ]
For instance, Nmap 3.50 specifically revoked the license of SCO Group to distribute Nmap software because of their views on the SCO-Linux controversies. [ 41 ] Starting with version 7.90, Nmap transitions to a new custom license NPSL, dual-licensing versions 7.90, 7.91, and 7.92 under both old and new licenses. [ 42 ]
Clang – The free Clang project includes a static analyzer. As of version 3.2, this analyzer is included in Xcode. [14] Infer – Developed by an engineering team at Facebook with open-source contributors. Targets null pointers, leaks, API usage and other lint checks.
Armitage is a graphical cyber attack management tool for the Metasploit Project that visualizes targets and recommends exploits. It is a free and open source network security tool notable for its contributions to red team collaboration allowing for: shared sessions, data, and communication through a single Metasploit instance. [1]
A number of Linux distributions include known OS and application vulnerabilities, and can be deployed as targets to practice against. Such systems help new security professionals try the latest security tools in a lab environment. Examples include Damn Vulnerable Linux (DVL), the OWASP Web Testing Environment (WTW), and Metasploitable.
Address space layout randomization (ASLR) is a computer security technique involved in preventing exploitation of memory corruption vulnerabilities. [1] In order to prevent an attacker from reliably redirecting code execution to, for example, a particular exploited function in memory, ASLR randomly arranges the address space positions of key data areas of a process, including the base of the ...