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Author: Yuri Gagarin

A technical specialist at ProHoster with over six years of experience in server administration, VPN solutions, and network security. I manage infrastructure setup and support, monitor service stability, and implement solutions to protect client data. I also contribute to performance optimization and compliance with modern security and privacy requirements.

AMD is developing its own composite server, ACS, utilizing Wayland

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AMD has announced the creation of its own composite server, ACS (AMDGPU Composition Stack), based on the reference composite server codebase Weston, developed by the Wayland project. ACS is presented as a synchronized fork of Weston, incorporating enhanced capabilities. The fork is planned to be synchronized with the current Weston codebase twice a year. The project's code is released under the MIT license. The project is created as a testing ground for […]

Apache 2.4.63

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The release of the HTTP server Apache 2.4.63 has occurred. The most significant changes include: mod_ssl: Improvements have been made to error handling during OpenSSL initialization. The server now correctly terminates startup if OpenSSL initialization fails. This is important for ensuring server startup reliability. mod_md (updates): Changes were made to the handling of ACME certificates: Timeouts for waiting for domain verification by the ACME server have been increased from 30 seconds to […]

Dovecot 2.4.0 IMAP server is now available

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Seven years after the release of version 2.3.0, a new branch of the cross-platform IMAP server Dovecot 2.4.0 is introduced, supporting POP3 and IMAP4rev1 protocols with popular extensions such as SORT, THREAD, MULTIAPPEND, QUOTA, ACL, COMPRESS, NOTIFY, METADATA, and IDLE, along with authentication and encryption mechanisms (SASL, TLS, SCRAM, XOAUTH2). Dovecot maintains full compatibility with classic mbox and Maildir, using external indexes […]

Release of Apache HTTP Server 2.4.63

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The release of HTTP Server Apache 2.4.63 is now available, featuring 24 changes, including: Removal of the experimental mod_tls module, built on top of rustls. This module is now being developed separately. The reason for the removal is cited as the unstable rustls API and the mismatch between the development cycles of rustls and Apache httpd. The mod_md module has been updated, used for automating the acquisition and management of certificates using the ACME protocol (Automatic […]

A buffer boundary checking mode has been implemented for the C language based on Clang

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Engineers at Apple have announced readiness for testing the '-fbounds-safety' mode for the Clang compiler, providing guarantees for safe buffer operations in C code. This mode is included in a fork of LLVM supported by Apple for the Swift project. A gradual transfer of the '-fbounds-safety' functionality to the main LLVM/Clang codebase is planned. It is noted that the proposed protection mechanism is already […]

Release of Midnight Commander file manager 4.8.33

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After five months of development, the release of the console file manager Midnight Commander 4.8.33 has been published, which has been developed since 1994 and provides a dual-pane interface in the style of Norton Commander. Midnight Commander features include mouse support, a built-in file viewer, and a text editor with syntax highlighting, using virtual file systems for navigation within archives, packages, and network storage (SFTP, SSH), connecting […]

Release of the Lightweight Wayland Desktop Environment U24.04

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The release of the Lightweight Wayland Desktop Environment (LWDE) distribution is now available, providing a pre-configured and ready-to-use desktop based on the composite server Labwc. The distribution is built on the Ubuntu 24.04 package base using its own repository. The project might be useful for enthusiasts looking to create their own environment for transitioning from LXDE to Wayland-based environments. A build for architecture […] has been prepared for download.

VirtualBox 7.1.6

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The release of the virtualization system VirtualBox 7.1.6 has occurred. Among the changes, 2 critical vulnerabilities allowing a local user to escalate their privileges have also been addressed. Change list: VMM: Fixed an issue that caused the Windows 11 24H2 guest system to experience BSOD in rare cases. GUI: Improved the display of disabled options (mask + font) when using certain Linux themes. GUI: Fixed […]

Stable release of the Vivaldi 7.1 browser for desktops

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Today the release of the Vivaldi 7.1 web browser took place, developed by former Opera Presto developers on the open-source Chromium engine. The new version features an improved widget panel: a new weather widget has been added, along with options for customizing the appearance of widgets. Additionally, it now allows importing open tabs from other browsers and features a new bookmark save dialog for the Express panel. Furthermore, developers have enhanced the recovery system […]

Release of MySQL 9.2.0 database

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Oracle has formed a new branch of the MySQL 9.2.0 database. MySQL Community Server 9.2.0 builds are prepared for all major Linux distributions, FreeBSD, macOS, and Windows. As part of the new release model introduced in 2023, MySQL 9.2 is categorized under the 'Innovation' branches, which will also include the next significant release, MySQL 9.3. Innovation branches are recommended for those looking to […]

Due to a typo in the settings, attackers could substitute the DNS server for MasterCard.

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A security researcher from Seralys discovered a vulnerability allowing DNS server substitution for the domain mastercard.com, used in the MasterCard payment system infrastructure. Since June 2020, there has been a typo in the DNS zone settings for mastercard.com — instead of the host "a22-65.akam.net" (Akamai DNS service), the host "a22-65.akam.ne" was listed. The root zone ".ne" is assigned to the Republic of Niger, and the domain "akam.ne" turned out to be […]

Release of BSD Router Project 1.994

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Olivier Cochard-Labbé, the creator of the FreeNAS distribution, has announced the release of the specialized BSD Router Project 1.994 (BSDRP), notable for updating the codebase to the in-development FreeBSD 15 branch. The distribution is designed for creating compact software routers supporting the routing protocols RIP, OSPF, BGP, and PIM. Management is done via a command line interface reminiscent of Cisco IOS. The distribution […]

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