Philips player prototype, Elektuur magazine No. 188, June 1979, Public domain mark 1.0 The compact disc marks its 40th anniversary, and for those of us who remember its inception, it remains a mysterious achievement of high technology even now, when this medium has had to make way under the pressure of streaming services. If one were to pinpoint the moment when digital technology began to displace traditional consumer electronics […]
And there are genetic reasons for this. Practically everyone who has graduated from high school knows the concept of 'homeostasis' — the stability of the internal environment of the organism. At the same time, very few are aware of the concept of 'allostasis' — the stability of the internal environment through the interactions of the organism with the external environment. Allostasis and allostatic overload. A little stress tones and energizes the body. The systems […]
Micron has announced the 2200 series solid-state drives suitable for use in desktop computers, laptops, and mobile workstations. The products are made in M.2 2280 format: dimensions are 22 × 80 mm. The devices are NVMe solutions, utilizing the PCIe 3.0 x4 interface. At the core of the drives are 64-layer 3D TLC flash memory chips (three bits of information in one cell). The proprietary […]
Last week, The Linux Foundation announced the establishment of a new fund for open-source projects at its Open Source Leadership Summit event. This new independent institute aimed at the development of open [and industry-demanded] technologies is designed to unite tools for DevOps engineers, or more precisely — for organizing and implementing continuous delivery processes, CI/CD pipelines. […]
Welcome to the second lesson! This time we will discuss the architectural features of Check Point solutions. This is a very important lesson, especially for those who are first getting acquainted with 'Check Point'. Overall, this lesson will be quite similar to one of our previous articles 'Check Point. What is it, what is it used for, or briefly about the main aspects'. However, the content […]
Hello, dear readers of Habr! This is the corporate blog of TS Solution. We are a systems integrator primarily specializing in IT infrastructure security solutions (Check Point, Fortinet) and machine data analysis systems (Splunk). We will start our blog with a brief introduction to Check Point technologies. We pondered for a long time whether to write this article, as we […]
Soon, Intel will add the Core i9-9900 and i9-9900F versions to the already released Core i9-9900K and i9-9900KF processors, which will differ by a locked multiplier and the lack of overclocking capability. The proximity of the announcement is indirectly indicated by the fact that the Core i9-9900F has been spotted in the SiSoftware benchmark database, confirming its existence, and revealing some […]
How to assess the effectiveness of NGFW configuration The most common task is to check how effectively your firewall is configured. For this, there are free utilities and services from companies that deal with NGFW. For example, it can be seen below that Palo Alto Networks has the ability to launch an analysis of firewall statistics directly from the support portal — the SLR report or compliance analysis with best […]
One of the main challenges in game development and programming as a whole is optimization without significant loss of quality. This led to the emergence of various codecs for audio and video that ensured compression while maintaining acceptable performance. Now, Microsoft has presented its solution of a similar nature for games. At the 2019 Game Developers Conference, the corporation from Redmond announced the implementation of […]
Developers from Opera Software have announced that users of the mobile version of the Android operating system browser can now use a free VPN service, as was the case before the closure of the Opera VPN service. Previously, a beta version of the browser with this capability was available, and now the build has reached release. It is stated that the new service is free, unlimited, and easy to use. Its use will allow you to protect your data, which […]
In their professional activities, developers, pentesters, and security experts encounter processes such as Vulnerability Management (VM) and (Secure) SDLC. These phrases encompass various sets of practices and tools used, which are interwoven, although their consumers differ. Technical progress has not yet reached the point where one tool can replace a person for conducting an analysis of the security of infrastructure and software. […]
System administrators fall into two categories — those who already use monitoring and those who do not yet. It's a joke. The need for monitoring arises through various paths. Some are fortunate, and monitoring comes from the parent company. Here, everything is simple; others have already figured out what and how to monitor, and they have probably even written the necessary manuals and […]