/tech/ - Technology

pretty cool. congratulations!

>>2596
Thanks

dust

what the heck is systems programming
is it like devops?

>>2635
no idea

>>2635
Working directly with the system API, hacking with it or with the running context (ways of influencing the runtime, this is a broad generalization but what I do covers all that), tasks relating to products of said category (debugging, be it live or customer crash dumps, reverse engineering, etc.)

Some examples include work relating to anti-viruses, sandboxing/userspace emulators, etc

>>2697
>anti-virus
painful. These programs should not exist. Just lock dumb people out of networked computers and/or prevent them from installing or running programs that aren't standard.

>>2697
oh so like you have to deal with the Windows API and stuff like that?
cool
how did you learn? i've always wanted to look into it but never found any books or anything.

>>2702
You don't know what you're talking about, sorry. It's a common belief but it comes from short sightedness. You may fall for it yourself if you don't continuously introspect your system's activity. Nothing stops anything connected to the internet from doing bad stuff if they do the least amount of trying. The solution is to automate the process of said introspection. It's also especially helpful for malware analysts, evidently.

>>2703
Winternals is generally the go-to, but I think Windows via C/C++ fifth edition is a great introduction.

>>2727
Clarifying since I have the communication ability of a toddler, 'you may fall for *it*' refers to viruses, 'they' refers to the jooz, AKA potential attackers. It's evidently less likely that you'll ever be targeted personally, but it's more likely that you will be generalized as part of a category of computer users and be targetted that way. I saw such things flying many times, still do.

Also, I didn't respond on how I actually learned, that is because I don't want to disclose identifying details, but I recommend doing hands on stuff and trying your own ideas, reading the SDM, etc, this isn't novels/mere literature.

>>2727
>Winternals
this one?