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==Open source detrital TODOs==
==Open source detrital TODOs==
* speed up update-mandb
* fix up ext3grep to work on ext4 filesystems
* fix up ext3grep to work on ext4 filesystems
* Implement handling of [[C99]] [http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Variadic-Macros.html variadic macros] in [http://www.splint.org/ splint] (see [http://www.advogato.org/person/muks/diary.html/start=0 this], [http://www.buzztard.org/index.php/Splint this] and [http://www.splint.org/faq.html#quest18b of course this])
* Implement handling of [[C99]] [http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Variadic-Macros.html variadic macros] in [http://www.splint.org/ splint] (see [http://www.advogato.org/person/muks/diary.html/start=0 this], [http://www.buzztard.org/index.php/Splint this] and [http://www.splint.org/faq.html#quest18b of course this])
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* [[mpd]] ought use filesystem change notification events to trigger database changes, not periodic or manual rescans
* [[mpd]] ought use filesystem change notification events to trigger database changes, not periodic or manual rescans
* [[valgrind]] is missing some obscure ioctl's, including [[ethtool|ethtool's]]
* [[valgrind]] is missing some obscure ioctl's, including [[ethtool|ethtool's]]
* canScan
* systemd Restart-with-oneshot fix
* use [[Outcurses]] with usbtop for ncurses mode
* fix bug in usbtop where disappeared devices remain forever
* systemd system-wide service for pulseaudio (requested on freedesktop.org wiki!)
* cuda fft for various SDR
* step-cli -- update debian stuff, make it bizzuild
* ubertooth-dfu without `-d` just exits cleanly, doing nothing
* neat fpga project -- bluetooth 5 (2mbit ble channel) 40x channel sniffer


===Various open source contributions (very incomplete)===
===Various open source contributions (very incomplete)===
* doctest:
** [https://github.com/onqtam/doctest/pull/403 properly align] summary table even for large values
* Kitty:
** [https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/pull/3105 fixed] a bug in sextant drawing
* [[CMake]]:
** [https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/merge_requests/3845 fixed] up the Curses module
* [https://github.com/OpenShot/libopenshot OpenShot]:
** [https://github.com/OpenShot/libopenshot/commit/4a1d133da85e529b158f9a34518c41feb150d71c fixed] a compiler warning
* libqmi:
** added support for [https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mobile-broadband/libqmi/issues/10 device specification using symlinks]
* Alpine Linux:
** added parsechangelog tools to dpkg
** packaged capnproto and nlohmann-json
* Compiz:
** fixed [https://github.com/compiz-reloaded/compiz/commit/8884ea41b72a96ecc8bf55029033af48d3d3fb97 test for decorator specification]
* iperf2:
** [https://sourceforge.net/p/iperf2/discussion/general/thread/b27f2bc6 Fixed] bad delete leading to memory corruption
* [[Ncurses]]:
* [[Ncurses]]:
** [http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.ncurses.bugs/4910 Fixed] COLOR_PAIR() and PAIR_NUMBER() macros
** [http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.ncurses.bugs/4910 Fixed] COLOR_PAIR() and PAIR_NUMBER() macros
* [[Valgrind]]:
* [[Valgrind]]:
** Added support for [https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=302827 CDROM_GET_CAPABILITY] <tt>ioctl</tt>
** Added support for [https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=302827 CDROM_GET_CAPABILITY] <tt>ioctl</tt>
** Added support for [https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=410556 BLKID] <tt>ioctls</tt>
* libblkid (util-linux)
* libblkid (util-linux)
** [https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/commit/ffab21e12846dd9b9403c881721e415493805bd1 Fix #1]
** [https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/commit/ffab21e12846dd9b9403c881721e415493805bd1 Fix #1]
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** [https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/commit/28a47f13d9c33c97279742d83687bff4d79922f4 Fix #4]
** [https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/commit/28a47f13d9c33c97279742d83687bff4d79922f4 Fix #4]
* [http://www.wireshark.org/about.html Wireshark]:
* [http://www.wireshark.org/about.html Wireshark]:
** [http://www.ethereal.com/lists/ethereal-users/200402/msg00153.html Fixed handling] of IPv4 fragmentation bits.
** [https://www.wireshark.org/lists/ethereal-dev/200402/msg00512.html Fixed handling] of IPv4 fragmentation bits.
* [http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/iproute2 iproute2]
* [http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/iproute2 iproute2]
** Many [http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/shemminger/iproute2.git;a=blobdiff;f=man/man8/ip.8;h=0f9f454737c5a5977026752321d620d7bee79158;hp=68887bacff00e6e03f4e035a5935f557aa79bd83;hb=db4a7f198b6193a1e584c3b6647d92bb6c66fb52;hpb=14a1c164d12e32415acc44ef566fcf52ff4dd113 man page] fixes
** Many [http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/shemminger/iproute2.git;a=blobdiff;f=man/man8/ip.8;h=0f9f454737c5a5977026752321d620d7bee79158;hp=68887bacff00e6e03f4e035a5935f557aa79bd83;hb=db4a7f198b6193a1e584c3b6647d92bb6c66fb52;hpb=14a1c164d12e32415acc44ef566fcf52ff4dd113 man page] fixes
* [[Linux APIs|Linux kernel]]:
* [[Linux APIs|Linux kernel]]:
** [https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11039443/ Whitelisted] the [[Lenovo]] T580's synaptics touchpad for SMBus
** [http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/5/4/6 Added support] for Model-30 [[Nehalem]] processors in [[Oprofile]] ([http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=127294830417492&w=2 more discussion] on oprofile-users)
** [http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/5/4/6 Added support] for Model-30 [[Nehalem]] processors in [[Oprofile]] ([http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=127294830417492&w=2 more discussion] on oprofile-users)
** [http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0906.3/02414.html Addressed issues] in [[pages|HugeTLBFS]]'s API.
** [http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0906.3/02414.html Addressed issues] in [[pages|HugeTLBFS]]'s API.
** [http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/net/0301.1/0037.html Addressed] an issue in IPv4 address/route removal.
** [http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/net/0301.1/0037.html Addressed] an issue in IPv4 address/route removal.
** Worked out some kinks in Matrox G400 framebuffer and SiS-5591 IDE drivers.
** Worked out some kinks in Matrox G400 framebuffer and SiS-5591 IDE drivers.
** [http://fossies.org/unix/privat/ngpt-2.2.1.tar.gz:a/ngpt-2.2.1/THANKS Next Generation Posix Threading] maintenance
** [https://fossies.org/linux/privat/old/ngpt-2.2.1.tar.gz:a/ngpt-2.2.1/THANKS Next Generation Posix Threading] work + maintenance
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/strace/ strace]:
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/strace/ strace]:
** [http://www.mail-archive.com/strace-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg00614.html Addressed issues] in various architectures' [[Linux APIs|sendfile(2)]] support.
** [http://www.mail-archive.com/strace-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg00614.html Addressed issues] in various architectures' [[Linux APIs|sendfile(2)]] support.
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* iw
* iw
** [http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.wireless.general/82070 Correct unsigned] ints used to hold signed data
** [http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.wireless.general/82070 Correct unsigned] ints used to hold signed data
* gnome-session
** [https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=689009 Fixed] gnome-session-properties man page
* Snort
* Snort
** Various [http://copilotco.com/mail-archives/snort-users.2003/msg06337.html signature documentation]
** Various [http://copilotco.com/mail-archives/snort-users.2003/msg06337.html signature documentation]
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* [[omphalos]]: multi-pronged network discovery
* [[omphalos]]: multi-pronged network discovery
* [[growlight]]: multifaceted disk/adapter tool and system installer for [[SprezzOS]]
* [[growlight]]: multifaceted disk/adapter tool and system installer for [[SprezzOS]]
* [[Xcurses]]: a SYSV curses implementation making direct use of [[X]]-graphics primitives
* [[Xcurses]]: a SYSV [[ncurses|curses]] implementation making direct use of [[X]]-graphics primitives
* [[Outcurses]]: a high-level UI library atop [[ncurses]]
[[CATEGORY: Networking]]
[[CATEGORY: Networking]]
* Various projects on [http://github.com/dankamongmen GitHub] which I've not yet documented here...
* Various projects on [http://github.com/dankamongmen GitHub] which I've not yet documented here...
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** "[[TCP]] 1323 high-performance extensions are being used in 24% of the connections"
** "[[TCP]] 1323 high-performance extensions are being used in 24% of the connections"
** "Fragmentation is resulting from port 7000's large UDP emissions, can we tune it this way..."
** "Fragmentation is resulting from port 7000's large UDP emissions, can we tune it this way..."
** "Make an incision, Doctor Limpf. I'm going to massage the heart. Some fucking drug addict has cut my cocaine with Saniflush! Nurse! Send the boy out to fill this RX on the double!"
** "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6w9YHfabUU Make an incision, Doctor Limpf.] I'm going to massage the heart."


==Compilation/binaries==
==Compilation/binaries==

Latest revision as of 21:44, 5 May 2023

Open source detrital TODOs

  • speed up update-mandb
  • fix up ext3grep to work on ext4 filesystems
  • Implement handling of C99 variadic macros in splint (see this, this and of course this)
  • Review cryptographic implementations in pidgin -- last time I looked (back in the bad ol' gaim days), its usage of OpenSSL was all FUBAR
  • Subversion's --xml and --ignore-externals options couldn't be used together properly in svn status, at some point. Investigate, rectify.
  • Various Debian-related things
  • "taking OpenSSL's RAND_bytes() (which uses /dev/urandom, EGD, or a pregenerated seed file) function and stirring that into a target buffer of arbitrary length, such that use of actual high-quality entropy bits is constant (probably a read of several words each time a thread calls into (threadsafe from the start, no *_r() crap!) FAUXRAND_bytes() for the first time) has been on my plate since...well, since just now." (mail to Dr. Richard Vuduc, 2009-09-19)
  • mpd ought use filesystem change notification events to trigger database changes, not periodic or manual rescans
  • valgrind is missing some obscure ioctl's, including ethtool's
  • canScan
  • systemd Restart-with-oneshot fix
  • use Outcurses with usbtop for ncurses mode
  • fix bug in usbtop where disappeared devices remain forever
  • systemd system-wide service for pulseaudio (requested on freedesktop.org wiki!)
  • cuda fft for various SDR
  • step-cli -- update debian stuff, make it bizzuild
  • ubertooth-dfu without `-d` just exits cleanly, doing nothing
  • neat fpga project -- bluetooth 5 (2mbit ble channel) 40x channel sniffer

Various open source contributions (very incomplete)

Projects with their own pages

  • ptracer: Quick-n-dirty instruction trace generation tool
  • libdank: Long-term personal collection of routines / application frameworks with a low-level feel
  • TANGE: Terminal Application (Next-Generation Emulation)
  • ctxdiff: Context-sensitive fractal fuzzy diffing (not at all like shingleprinting)
  • xsh: Exactly what it sounds like!
  • makelint, which immediately suggests? lintmake
  • libtorque: Multithreaded event handler for UNIX on manycore NUMA
  • daytripper: Binary translation to take advantage of Intel's Loop Stream Detector
  • CUBAR: collection of tools for testing CUDA's security model
  • libcudest: open-source implementation of the CUDA userspace
  • LRUmap: O(1) LRU for massive numbers of sets
  • omphalos: multi-pronged network discovery
  • growlight: multifaceted disk/adapter tool and system installer for SprezzOS
  • Xcurses: a SYSV curses implementation making direct use of X-graphics primitives
  • Outcurses: a high-level UI library atop ncurses
  • Various projects on GitHub which I've not yet documented here...

Core stuff

Parvenu

  • One string-matching automaton to Rule them All! It must handle:
    • Thousands (millions?) of patterns concurrently
    • Initially targeting GigE wire speeds
    • UTF-8 (at a minimum) and various transcodings
    • Small-memory (embedded) environments
    • Most elements of regular expressions (definitely all the syntactic sugar)
  • Uses libblaze as a memory management helper

libblaze

  • Use cpuid to select and dlopen(2) a processor-specific set of low-level routines
  • Expose cpuid and SMP details
  • Expose algorithms for memory management / layout tuned to cache/DRAM parameters (detected with SPD)
  • Material largely inspired by Warren's Hacker's Delight.
  • Might have already been superseded by liboil. That damn open source community moves fast!

Networking

Zetetic

  • Network traffic analysis (ala Wireshark or tcpdump) with strong covert channel detection
  • Passive network modeling (protocols, services, hosts, versions) initially
    • To be paired with vulnerability correlation, active probing, histories (ala SourceFire RNA?)
  • Higher layers do not restrict the inductive analysis of lower layers, but influence the deduction
  • Automata-based analysis of content builds up possibility space of what it CAN be
  • Expert knowledge-based reduction of possibility space adds input as to what it OUGHT be
  • Neural net-based learning with state determines what it IS
    • Over time, confidence in matching both recurring and new traffic increases
  • Uses Parvenu as a pattern-matching helper
  • Forms an analysis engine for Omphalos

liburine

  • The inverse of Zetetic. Take a leak (alternatively: "You're in")!
  • Use arbitrary combinations of protocols (and fuzzing/embedding thereof) to find channels
  • Goals: if even a bit of controllable information can be used as a channel
  • Goals: Zetetic should be able to find us, but nothing of lesser power!
  • The ultimate assistant for: whistleblowers, samizdat publishers, hax0rs stuck in airports, Iranians

drbenway

  • Checks sysctls, netstat, /proc, etc for network settings. Makes extensive sensible recommendations.
    • Is device polling / NAPI in use? Do firewall rules disallow PMTU discovery?
    • Is TCP FRTO being used in the presence of wireless links? etc
  • Analyzes pcaps or raw sockets in situ, with filters, performing detailed diagnostics ie
    • "TCP 1323 high-performance extensions are being used in 24% of the connections"
    • "Fragmentation is resulting from port 7000's large UDP emissions, can we tune it this way..."
    • "Make an incision, Doctor Limpf. I'm going to massage the heart."

Compilation/binaries

gcc stuff

debugging / reverse engineering tools

  • getgetopt -- discover a program's command line parameters via object analysis
    • maybe something to test combinations of command line parameters, as well?
  • getgccopt -- discover the compiler options used to build an object. difficult!
  • arrlimiter -- run object code with various rlimit restrictions to test failure paths
  • ploom -- pthreads debugging from process (tracing framework, object lookup + pthread knowledge, contention measures, etc)

Aborted/abandoned projects (very incomplete)

  • Investigate suffer and see whether it's feasible (update: fbcmd hendels its dendels Dank 23:05, 8 December 2008 (UTC))
  • Gyre, a programming language.