Hacker News Top Stories with Summaries (April 16, 2024)
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<h1> Hacker News Top Stories</h1>
<p>Here are the top stories from Hacker News with summaries for April 16, 2024 :</p>
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PuTTY vulnerability vuln-p521-bias
Summary: PuTTY versions 0.68-0.80 have a critical vulnerability (CVE-2024-31497) in the code generating signatures from ECDSA private keys using the NIST P521 curve. The vulnerability exposes private keys, allowing attackers to forge signatures and potentially access servers. Users with affected keys should revoke them immediately and generate new key pairs. Only 521-bit ECDSA keys are affected; other sizes and algorithms remain unaffected.
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BTFS (BitTorrent Filesystem)
Summary: BTFS is a bittorrent filesystem based on FUSE that allows users to mount any .torrent file or magnet link as a read-only directory in their file tree. The contents of the files are downloaded on-demand as they are read by applications. BTFS is compatible with tools like ls, cat, cp, and applications like vlc and mplayer. It can be installed on various Linux distributions and macOS.