Black Hat Go

FOREWORD

Programming languages have always had an impact on information security. The design constraints, standard libraries, and protocol implementations available within each language end up defining the attack surface of any application built on them. Security tooling is no different; the right language can simplify complex tasks and make the incredibly difficult ones trivial. Go’s cross-platform support, single-binary output, concurrency features, and massive ecosystem make it an amazing choice for security tool development. Go is rewriting the rules for both secure application development and the creation of security tools, enabling faster, safer, and more portable tooling.

Over the 15 years that I worked on the Metasploit Framework, the ...