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Hi all,
Just to let you know, slides for this week (and probably part of next week) got published on the website last night apologies for the delay.
(But note that you can access previous versions of the unit's material via the Internet Archive a...
Hi,
Just to clarify, have you tried following the lab instructions here utm , which are linked to from the Lab 1 worksheet here lab1 ?
Those instructions suggest using
- the UTM gallery's ARM64 Ubuntu 22.04 image, which should be fine for most purp...
Hi everyone
I ran into a problem with setting up VM for Mac. It seems like UTM is the one I should use for the M-series Mac, but Vagrant doesn't support UTM as a provider so I can't set up the required SDE.
Has anyone got the same issue or managed t...
Hi,
Yes, there's no problem with that, any 5.( something ) version is fine.
(In fact, the labs should work with any 4. x kernel as well, and some 3. x kernels. The main changes that affect the labs are differences in security features between kernel ...
Hi,
Will newer Linux versions such as those in current versions of WSL be okay to use for the labs? The version is 5.10.16.3 rather than the 5.4 specified in lab sheets.
Thanks
Hi all,
In yesterday's lecture I was asked if using a systems programming language like Rust could help avoid some of the security bugs that are often seen in C code. I mentioned that it can indeed help but it's important to note that it's still...
Hi all,
Lecture slides for this week are available on the unit website lect .
I recommend taking at least a brief look at these before the lecture then the concepts won't be completely new to you, and you'll be able to ask any questions that you ...
Hi everyone,
Welcome to CITS3007 "Secure Coding". I'm your Unit Coordinator, Arran Stewart.
I'll be teaching the unit with the help of our facilitators facilitators , Carl, Nicodemus, and Santiago.
facilitators https cits3007.github.io facilitat...