Author: ProHoster

New version of the program for instant messaging Miranda NG 0.95.11

A new significant release of the multi-protocol instant messaging client Miranda NG 0.95.11 has been published, continuing the development of the Miranda program. Supported protocols include: Discord, Facebook, ICQ, IRC, Jabber/XMPP, SkypeWeb, Steam, Tox, Twitter and VKontakte. The project code is written in C++ and is distributed under the GPLv2 license. The program supports work only on the Windows platform. Among the most noticeable changes in the new […]

Inlinec - a new way to use C code in Python scripts

The inlinec project has proposed a new way to inline-integrate C code into Python scripts. C functions are defined directly in the same Python code file, highlighted by the “@inlinec” decorator. The summary script is executed as is by the Python interpreter and parsed using the codec mechanism provided in Python, which makes it possible to connect a parser to convert the script […]

Raspberry Pi 4 certified with OpenGL ES 3.1 support and new Vulkan driver under development

The developers of the Raspberry Pi project have announced the start of work on a new free video driver for the VideoCore VI graphics accelerator used in Broadcom chips. The new driver is based on the Vulkan graphics API and is aimed primarily at use with Raspberry Pi 4 boards and models that will be released in the future (capabilities of the VideoCore IV GPU supplied in the Raspberry Pi 3, […]

FreeNAS 11.3 release

FreeNAS 11.3 has been released - one of the best distributions for creating network storage. It combines ease of setup and use, reliable data storage, a modern web interface, and rich functionality. Its main feature is support for ZFS. Along with the new software version, updated hardware was also released: TrueNAS X-Series and M-Series based on FreeNAS 11.3. Key changes in the new version: […]

The TFC project has developed a USB splitter for a messenger of 3 computers

The TFC (Tinfoil Chat) project proposed a hardware device with 3 USB ports to connect 3 computers and create a paranoid-protected messaging system. The first computer acts as a gateway for connecting to the network and launching the Tor hidden service; it manipulates already encrypted data. The second computer has the decryption keys and is used only to decrypt and display received messages. The third computer […]

OpenWRT 19.07.1.

OpenWrt distribution versions 18.06.7 and 19.07.1 have been released, which fix the CVE-2020-7982 vulnerability in the opkg package manager, which could be used to carry out a MITM attack and replace the contents of a package downloaded from the repository. Due to an error in the checksum verification code, the attacker could ignore the SHA-256 checksums from the packet, which made it possible to bypass mechanisms for checking the integrity of downloaded ipk resources. The problem exists […]

Write, don't cut. What I began to miss in the publications of Habr

Avoid value judgments! We split up the proposals. We throw away unnecessary things. We don't pour water. Data. Numbers. And without emotions. The “information” style, sleek and smooth, has completely taken over technical portals. Hello postmodern, our author is now dead. Already for real. For those who don't know. Information style is a series of editing techniques when any text should turn out to be a strong text. Easy to read, […]

Digital events in St. Petersburg from 3 to 9 February

A selection of events for the week Specia Design Meetup #3 February 04 (Tuesday) Moskovsky Avenue RUR 55 SPECIA, with the support of Nimax, is organizing a design meeting where speakers will be able to share difficulties and solutions, as well as discuss pressing issues with colleagues. RNUG SPb Meetup February 500 (Thursday) Dumskaya 06 free Suggested topics: Domino release, Notes, Sametime V4, Volt (ex-LEAP), […]

Digital events in Moscow from 3 to 9 February

Selection of events for the week of PgConf.Russia 2020 February 03 (Monday) - February 05 (Wednesday) Lenin Hills 1с46 from 11 rub. PGConf.Russia is an international technical conference on the open PostgreSQL DBMS, annually bringing together more than 000 developers, database administrators and IT managers to exchange experiences and professional networking. The program includes master classes from leading world experts, reports in three thematic […]

Wulfric Ransomware is a ransomware that doesn't exist

Sometimes you really want to look into the eyes of some virus writer and ask: why and why? We can answer the question “how” ourselves, but it would be very interesting to find out what this or that malware creator was thinking. Especially when we come across such “pearls”. The hero of today's article is an interesting example of a cryptographer. He thought, throughout [...]

Show developers the status of source code quality control in SonarQube

SonarQube is an open source code quality assurance platform that supports a wide range of programming languages ​​and provides reporting on metrics such as code duplication, coding standards compliance, test coverage, code complexity, potential bugs, and more. SonarQube conveniently visualizes analysis results and allows you to track the dynamics of project development over time. Task: Show developers the status […]

Diagnostics of network connections on the EDGE virtual router

In some cases, problems may arise when setting up a virtual router. For example, port forwarding (NAT) does not work and/or there is a problem in setting up the Firewall rules themselves. Or you just need to get logs of the router, check the operation of the channel, and conduct network diagnostics. Cloud provider Cloud4Y explains how this is done. Working with a virtual router First of all, we need to configure access to the virtual […]