Hack - ./victor -vv

Writing Feb 10, 2008

Local root exploit in Linux kernel 2.6.17 to 2.6.24.1

Pretty scary stuff, even if you trust all of your users: victor@mercury ~ $ ./exploit ----------------------------------- Linux vmsplice Local Root Exploit By qaaz ----------------------------------- [+] mmap: 0x100000000000 .. 0x100000001000 [+] page: 0x100000000000 [+] page: 0x100000000038 [+] mmap: 0x4000 .. 0x5000 …

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Writing Oct 25, 2007

Upgrading a 1.0.2 iPhone to 1.1.1 Painlessly on Windows

I’ve been mulling over upgrading my iPhone’s firmware to 1.1.1 for the last few weeks but have been put off by the complexity of it. All the tools and steps had been outlined so it was merely just running through the steps, but there were a ton of them, and it seemed like more of a pain in the ass than it …

Writing Oct 2, 2007

iPhone owned

This is the first time I’ve been back in the States since the iPhone was released, and after getting a chance to play with one yesterday, I decided I had to go out and buy one today. The problem is that AT&T-locked JesusPhone doesn’t work in Germany without a little bit of hackery, and Apple’s …

Writing Feb 18, 2007

Self balancing pendubot

That’s my friend Tim with our final project as Clemson EE students back in 2004. We were given a computer running QNX and told to build a pendubot: The Pendubot is a two-linked inverted pendulum actuated by a single motor. The links are connected to each other by a rotational joint, and the base of one link is …

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