Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

Code in text: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "An attacker could exploit the application with the setuid or setgid flags to execute malicious code with elevated privileges."

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see on screen. For example, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. Here is an example: "Under the Research category, you can go to Threat Analysis and see what's currently going on in that area."

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