Episode 56: EMx 056: Sobelow and Security with Griffin Byatt

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Panel

Mark Ericksen
Josh Adams

Joined by Special Guest: Griffin Byatt

Summary

Griffin Byatt shares his background and what he is doing now as a security consultant for NCC Group. The panel discusses his security library, Sobelow, and their experiences using it. Griffin explains how it works, how it came into being and the goal of Sobelow. The panel wonders who contributes to Sobelow and Griffin invites anyone to contribute. Vulnerabilities that are commonly seen across all frameworks and those specific to Elixir are discussed. Elixir’s security features are considered and Griffin shares his experiences working to improve the ecosystem. Griffin gives advice and recommends resources to developers.

Links

Substitute Teacher - Key & Peele
https://www.nccgroup.trust/us/
https://brakemanscanner.org/
https://github.com/nccgroup/sobelow
https://github.com/nccgroup/sobelow/blob/master/lib/sobelow/traversal/file_module.ex
https://www.owasp.org/index.php/XML_External_Entity_(XXE)_Processing
ElixirConf 2017 - Plugging the Security Holes in Your Phoenix Application - Griffin Byatt
https://github.com/ueberauth/guardian
https://oauth.net/
https://github.com/riverrun/phauxth
https://github.com/riverrun/comeonin
https://www.owasp.org/
https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_Top_Ten_Project
The Web Application Hacker's Handbook: Finding and Exploiting Security Flaws
https://griffinbyatt.com/
https://twitter.com/griffinbyatt
https://twitter.com/elixir_mix
https://www.facebook.com/Elixir-Mix

Picks

Mark Ericksen:

https://stedolan.github.io/jq
https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/releases

Josh Adams:

https://librem.one/
https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/

Griffin Byatt:

https://www.freehaven.net/anonbib/
https://www.nccgroup.trust/us/our-research/assessing-unikernel-security/?research=Whitepapers

Special Guest: Griffin Byatt.

Sponsors

Sentry use the code “devchat” for 2 months free on Sentry small plan
Triplebyte offers a $1000 signing bonus
CacheFly

Panel

Mark Ericksen
Josh Adams

Joined by Special Guest: Griffin Byatt

Summary

Griffin Byatt shares his background and what he is doing now as a security consultant for NCC Group. The panel discusses his security library, Sobelow, and their experiences using it. Griffin explains how it works, how it came into being and the goal of Sobelow. The panel wonders who contributes to Sobelow and Griffin invites anyone to contribute. Vulnerabilities that are commonly seen across all frameworks and those specific to Elixir are discussed. Elixir’s security features are considered and Griffin shares his experiences working to improve the ecosystem. Griffin gives advice and recommends resources to developers.

Links

Substitute Teacher - Key & Peele
https://www.nccgroup.trust/us/
https://brakemanscanner.org/
https://github.com/nccgroup/sobelow
https://github.com/nccgroup/sobelow/blob/master/lib/sobelow/traversal/file_module.ex
https://www.owasp.org/index.php/XML_External_Entity_(XXE)_Processing
ElixirConf 2017 - Plugging the Security Holes in Your Phoenix Application - Griffin Byatt
https://github.com/ueberauth/guardian
https://oauth.net/
https://github.com/riverrun/phauxth
https://github.com/riverrun/comeonin
https://www.owasp.org/
https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_Top_Ten_Project
The Web Application Hacker's Handbook: Finding and Exploiting Security Flaws
https://griffinbyatt.com/
https://twitter.com/griffinbyatt
https://twitter.com/elixir_mix
https://www.facebook.com/Elixir-Mix

Picks

Mark Ericksen:

https://stedolan.github.io/jq
https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/releases

Josh Adams:

https://librem.one/
https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/

Griffin Byatt:

https://www.freehaven.net/anonbib/
https://www.nccgroup.trust/us/our-research/assessing-unikernel-security/?research=Whitepapers

Special Guest: Griffin Byatt.