Author: Yuri Gagarin

8. Check Point Getting Started R80.20. NAT

Welcome to lesson 8. This lesson is very important because upon its completion, you will be able to configure internet access for your users! It must be acknowledged that many end their configuration here 🙂 But we are not among them! We still have a lot of exciting things ahead. Now, let's get to the topic of our lesson. As you may already have noticed, […]

Information security of hardware solutions USB over IP

Recently, I shared my experience in searching for a solution to organize centralized access to electronic protection keys in our organization. The comments raised serious concerns regarding the information security of USB over IP hardware solutions, which also troubles us. So, let's first establish the initial conditions. A large number of electronic protection keys. Access to them is required from various geographic locations.

Information Security of Bank Cashless Payments. Part 8 — Typical Threat Models

About the Research Links to Other Parts of the Research Information Security of Bank Cashless Payments. Part 1 — Economic Foundations. Information Security of Bank Cashless Payments. Part 2 — Typical IT Infrastructure of a Bank. Information Security of Bank Cashless Payments. Part 3 — Formation of Security System Requirements. Information Security of Bank Cashless Payments. Part 4 — Overview of Threat Modeling Standards.

Release of Trinity Desktop Environment R14.0.6

[:ru] On March 30, 2019, a new version of Trinity DE (DE), a fork of KDE 3, was released. This version mainly includes bug fixes. Among the most significant announced changes is more accurate work with third-party display managers. Source: linux.org.ru [:en] On March 30, 2019, a new version of Trinity DE (DE), a fork of KDE 3, was released.

Microsoft has declined to fix the zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer

On Friday, April 12, security specialist John Page published information about an unpatched vulnerability in the current version of Internet Explorer, as well as demonstrated its exploitation. This vulnerability could potentially allow an attacker to access the contents of local files of Windows systems' users, bypassing the browser's security system. The vulnerability lies in how Internet Explorer handles files in MHTML format, which typically have the extension.

"Union-5 Light": a project for a reusable commercial launch vehicle.

We have already reported that the S7 company plans to create a reusable rocket based on the medium-class Soyuz-5 carrier. Moreover, Roscosmos will participate in the project. As reported by the online publication "RIA Novosti," the head of the state corporation, Dmitry Rogozin, shared some details about this initiative. The future carrier is currently referred to as "Soyuz-5 Light." This involves the development of a lightweight commercial version […]

Sony unveiled a huge Micro LED display with 16K resolution support.

One of the most impressive new products showcased at the annual CES 2019 exhibition was the 219-inch display Samsung The Wall. Sony developers also decided to join in and created their own giant Micro LED display, standing 17 feet (5.18 m) tall and 63 feet (19.20 m) wide. The fantastic display was presented at the National Association of Broadcasters exhibition in Las Vegas. The massive display supports a resolution of […]

Creating a Simple NTP Client

Hello, Habr users. Today, I want to talk about how to write your own simple NTP client. Essentially, the discussion will focus on packet structure and how to process responses from the NTP server. The code will be written in Python because, in my opinion, there simply isn’t a better language for such tasks. Experts will notice the similarity of the code with ntplib […]

What range does this antenna cover? Measuring antenna characteristics

— What frequency range does this antenna cover? — I don’t know, check it. — HOW?!?! How do you determine what antenna you have in your hands if it has no markings? How can you figure out which antenna is better or worse? This problem has been bothering me for a long time. This article explains in simple terms the methodology for measuring antenna characteristics and how to determine the frequency range of an antenna. Experienced radio engineers […]

Using Zabbix to Monitor MS SQL Server Database

Foreword Often there is a need to inform the administrator in real time about problems related to the database (DB). This article will describe what needs to be configured in Zabbix to monitor the MS SQL Server database. I would like to note that a detailed setup guide will not be provided, but formulas and general recommendations, as well as detailed descriptions will be included […]

Mikroik. IPSEC vpn over NAT as a client

Good day to everyone! It so happened that in our company we have been gradually transitioning to MikroTik devices over the past two years. The main nodes are built on CCR1072, while local connection points for computers are on simpler devices. Naturally, there is also an IPSEC tunnel network merging, and in this case, the configuration is quite simple and not troublesome, especially since there is […]

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