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Don't use `nscd`
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the tragedy of gethostbyname | Ariadne's Space
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| | A frequent complaint expressed on a certain website about Alpine is related to the deficiencies regarding the musl DNS resolver when querying large zones. In response, it is usually mentioned that applications which are expecting reliable DNS lookups should be using a dedicated DNS library for this task, not the getaddrinfo or gethostbyname APIs, but this is usually rebuffed by comments saying that these APIs are fine to use because they are allegedly reliable on GNU/Linux.
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Understanding HTTP Server by implementing in Python | Muhammad
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| | In this post, we will understand how an HTTP server works by implementing one in Python.
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Extending nsncd with host lookup support ยท flokli
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| | Providing NSS modules in a standard, ABI-neutral way without the caching issues of glibc-nscd
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HTB: Active | 0xdf hacks stuff
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| Active was an example of an easy box that still provided a lot of opportunity to learn. The box was centered around common vulnerabilities associated with Active Directory. There's a good chance to practice SMB enumeration. It also gives the opportunity to use Kerberoasting against a Windows Domain, which, if you're not a pentester, you may not have had the chance to do before.