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by getsat 5606 days ago
Expertise with Win32 internals doesn't make you a competent sysadmin or web application developer. rootkit.com runs one of the worst custom web apps I've ever seen.

If you can't even get GET/POST/cookie escaping correct in PHP after years, you should probably not be building web apps.

It's a shame that their site is so bad when their book is so awesome.
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adn37 5606 days ago
Indeed.

I am speechless because they (started?) monetize going after the 'bad guys', while they have been publishing grey/black hat stuff on Rootkit.com for many years.

The trust is gone.

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hysterix 5606 days ago
Yes to everything you said. The book is amazing, yet their web site is awful. It sucks seeing as how I'm in that list too.

p.s. - if anybody can crack my password, I'll be impressed.

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