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How to use http-get-form in THC-Hydra?

I've been messing with Hydra (Brute Force) to solve the "Damn Vulnerable Web App" brute force section but the problem is when I use http-get-form it said: Warning: child 1 seems to have died, ...
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Danger of Path Traversal Attacks

I have setup a test application in Linux. I havent checked for paths in it, so if user enter /etc/passwd , then that file gets displayed to him. However, I want to understand what more can be done if ...
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How can log poisoning be successful with a Local File Inclusion attack?

I just read a paper about Local File Inclusion on exploit-db.com, it can be found here. One technique with LFI is log poisoning as you may know already. You do an HTTP GET request that contains PHP ...
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Securely building a local pentest lab in a VM

I'd like to set up OWASP WebGoat or a similar vulnerable web app in a VM (probably VirtualBox on Linux). For convenience's sake, I'd like to get it running on one of the primary machines I use (say, a ...
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Which access rights should be chosen for doku wiki?

I'm currently making my first experiences with a CMS called "DokuWiki" (Link). This CMS needs only PHP and writes the information to files (seems to be /dokuwiki/data/pages). At the moment I gave the ...
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Is a rand from /dev/urandom secure for a login key?

Lets say I want to cookie for a user, would simply going to /dev/urandom, generating a 1024 bit string, checking if it already exists (and looping till I get a unique one) suffice? Or should I be ...