That's one wierd programming contest
The Underhanded C Contest started yesterday. The objective of this wierd programming contest is as follows (my highlighting):
"We hereby announce our second annual contest to write innocent-looking C code implementing malicious behavior. In many ways this is the exact opposite of the Obfuscated C Code Contest: in this contest you must write code that is as readable, clear, innocent and straightforward as possible, and yet it must fail to perform at its apparent function. To be more specific, it should do something subtly evil."
I guess we now know who writes all those backdoors into the operating systems... ;-)
Java in Notes/Domino Explained: More in depth on classloaders
Classloaders are somewhat of an advanced area in Java development but it can be very handy to know how they work and how to write your own. This post will hopefully shed some light on the subject.