Author: ProHoster

The first Russian e-passports will appear in 2020

The first batch of Russian electronic passports in the amount of 100 pieces will be manufactured in the first half of 2020, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Maxim Akimov said at a meeting with President Vladimir Putin. According to the Deputy Prime Minister, the project to provide Russians with a new generation identity card will be implemented in two forms: in the form of a plastic card with a Russian chip and a mobile application “that will accompany a citizen there, […]

How to test server performance: a selection of several open source benchmarks

We continue our series of materials dedicated to server performance testing. Today we will talk about a couple of time-tested benchmarks that are still supported and updated - NetPerf, HardInfo and ApacheBench. Photo - Peter Balcerzak - CC BY-SA NetPerf This is a tool for evaluating network throughput. It was developed by engineers from Hewlett-Packard. The tool includes two executable files: netserver and […]

MSI Pro MP221 21,5" Full HD Monitor

MSI has announced a monitor called Pro MP221: the new product is designed for everyday work in the office or home. The panel measures 21,5 inches diagonally. A Full HD matrix with a resolution of 1920 × 1080 pixels is used. The accompanying MSI Display Kit software offers a number of useful and convenient features. This is, in particular, splitting the screen to simultaneously display windows [...]

postfix+dovecot+mysql on FreeBSD

Introduction I wanted to study the mail server for a long time, but I only got my hands on it now, and I didn’t manage to find much correct information, so I decided to write a publication as detailed as possible. This publication will discuss not only postfix, dovecot, mysql, postfixadmin, but also spamassassin, clamav-milter (a special version of clamav for mail servers), postgrey, and […]

PIK will make apartments smart with the help of Yandex.Station and Alice

Russian IT giant Yandex, large developer PIK and rubetek have announced a smart home control system, available for order from today, November 15, 2019. The solution is called “PIK.Smart”. The system operates on the basis of the Yandex.Station smart speaker with the Alice intelligent voice assistant and the rubetek application on a smartphone. The complex allows you to control the climate and lighting using your voice, control the opening […]

How to scale data centers. Yandex report

We have developed a data center network design that allows deploying computing clusters larger than 100 servers with a peak bisection bandwidth of over one petabyte per second. From Dmitry Afanasiev's report, you will learn about the main principles of the new design, topology scaling, problems arising from this, options for solving them, routing and scaling features of the […]

Help devops implement PKI

Venafi Key Integrations Devops have a lot of work to do and require expertise in cryptography and public key infrastructure (PKI). It is not right. Indeed, each machine must have a valid TLS certificate. They are needed for servers, containers, virtual machines, in service meshes. But the number of keys and certificates is growing like a snowball, and […]

About the directions "Photonics", "Programming and IT" and "Information and Cybersecurity" of the Olympiad "I am a professional"

We continue to talk about the “I am a Professional” Olympiad, held with the support of Yandex, the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, and the largest universities in the country, including ITMO University. Today we are talking about three more areas that our university oversees. Information and cyber security This direction is suitable for those who intend to enroll in specialties in the field of security of computer systems and networks, information protection in automated systems […]

The birth of educational software and its history: from mechanical machines to the first computers

Today, educational software is a collection of applications designed to develop specific skills in students. But such systems first appeared more than a hundred years ago - engineers and inventors have come a long way from imperfect mechanical “educational machines” to the first computers and algorithms. Let's talk about this in more detail. Photo: crabchick / CC BY The first experiments were successful and not […]

Installing 3CX Chrome Softphone via Gsuite and Migrating Recordings from Google Drive

Centralized installation of the 3CX Chrome extension via GSuite In 3CX V16 Update 4 Alpha, a new Chrome extension has been introduced that allows you to call without opening the web client. You can work with any desktop application, but when you receive an incoming call, a browser-based dialer with information about the subscriber will appear in the lower right corner of the screen. In this article, we'll show you how to centrally […]

The story of how the girl gathered in IT

“You’re a girl, what kind of programming do you like?” — it was this phrase that became my parting word into the world of information technology. A phrase from a loved one in response to a careless manifestation of the feelings that burst within me. But if only I had listened to him, there would have been neither the story nor this progress. Activity indicator on the educational platform My story: the meaninglessness of old knowledge and the desire […]