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kubanczyk
on April 13, 2024
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XZ backdoor story – Initial analysis
4. Avoid complex regexes. E.g. prefer '>>>>>' over '>{5}'
Terr_
on April 13, 2024
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On the other hand, the shorter version communicates "five" without a human needing to count them up. Either way, some grep-ability would come from hits on samples within unit tests.
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