Spidering, in its simplest form is the act of transferring data from one database to another. Spidering requires the use of Regular Expressions, the cURL library (if POST data or cookies are used), and the cron libraries (if we need to download information with a schedule).
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Renowned Media has had several questions about password security, one way encryption, password hashes, salting hashes (not a food reference I swear!), the risks of having a database hacked, and the like. This non-technical article will go into detail about these concepts, and will contain a few examples but will not contain any code. Feel free to apply these concepts with any programming language you please.
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This paper was originally written as an assignment for college. The objective was to hack into a supplied Linux server and gain root access. By typing the ip address of the server into a browser window, you are greeted with a default web server installation page. Reading some of the content reveals that the distribuion of [...]
http://renownedmedia.com/blog/running-an-exploit-against-a-server/
Originally written as a homework assignment in college. The object of the assignment was to hide data inside of a word document. The Microsoft Word version that I used is 2007 as that is the version that I own. Several months I read an article about Microsoft’s attempt to turn its new .docx format into an open [...]
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