Author: ProHoster

SimbirSoft has released a mobile solution for insurance companies

SimbirSoft, a leader in fintech development in Russia according to Clutch, announced a solution for quickly creating mobile applications in insurance. The policyholder's mobile account includes: client's personal account (iOS, Android); administrative panel for the insurer; server part. Integration of a boxed solution allows a business to release an application that meets market requirements in a short time and with minimal risks. Main functions […]

You do not need a university, go to a vocational school?

This article is a response to the publication “What’s wrong with IT education in Russia,” or rather, not even to the article itself, but to some of the comments to it and the ideas expressed in them. I will now express, probably, a very unpopular point of view here on Habré, but I cannot help but express it. I agree with the author of the article, [...]

Apache 2.4.41 http server release with vulnerabilities fixed

The release of the Apache HTTP server 2.4.41 has been published (release 2.4.40 was skipped), which introduces 23 changes and eliminates 6 vulnerabilities: CVE-2019-10081 - an issue in mod_http2 that can lead to memory corruption when sending push requests to very early stage. When using the "H2PushResource" setting, it is possible to overwrite memory in the request processing pool, but the problem is limited to a crash because the writes […]

New Article: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X and Ryzen 5 3600 Processor Review: Healthy Man's Six-Core

Six-core Ryzen 5 processors gained widespread recognition long before AMD was able to switch to the Zen 2 microarchitecture. Both the first and second generations of six-core Ryzen 5 were able to become quite a popular choice in their price segment due to AMD’s policy of offering customers more advanced multi-threading, than Intel processors can provide, at the same or even […]

Qrator Filtration Network Configuration Management System

TL;DR: Description of the client-server architecture of our internal network configuration management system, QControl. It is based on a two-layer transport protocol that works with gzip-packed messages without decompression between endpoints. Distributed routers and endpoints receive configuration updates, and the protocol itself allows the installation of localized intermediate relays. The system is built on the principle of differential backup (“recent-stable”, explained below) and uses a query language […]

Network monitoring and detection of abnormal network activity using Flowmon Networks solutions

Recently, on the Internet you can find a huge amount of materials on the topic of analyzing traffic on the network perimeter. At the same time, for some reason everyone completely forgot about analyzing local traffic, which is no less important. This article addresses precisely this topic. Using Flowmon Networks as an example, we will remember the good old Netflow (and its alternatives), consider interesting cases, […]

Mesh VS WiFi: Which to Choose for Wireless Communication?

When I still lived in an apartment building, I encountered the problem of low speed in a room far from the router. After all, many people have a router in the hallway, where the provider supplied optics or UTP, and a standard device was installed there. It’s also good when the owner replaces the router with his own, and standard devices from the provider are like […]

20 things I wish I knew before becoming a web developer

At the very beginning of my career, I did not know many important things that are extremely useful for a beginning developer. Looking back, I can say that many of my expectations were not met, they were not even close to reality. In this article, I will talk about 20 things you should know at the start of your web developer career. The article will help you form [...]

Speedrunner completes Super Mario Odyssey with his eyes closed in five hours

Speedrunner Katun24 completed Super Mario Odyssey in 5 hours and 24 minutes. This does not compare with the world records (less than an hour), but the distinctive feature of his passage was that he completed it blindfolded. He published the corresponding video on his YouTube channel. Dutch player Katun24 chose the most popular type of speedrun - “any% of run”. The main goal [...]

Video: Behind the Scenes of the MediEvil Remake - A Chat with the Devs About Recreating the Game

Sony Interactive Entertainment and the studio Other Ocean Interactive have published a video in which the developers talk about the process of creating a remake of MediEvil for the PlayStation 4. The original adventure action game MediEvil was released on the PlayStation in 1998 by the studio SCE Cambridge (now Guerrilla Cambridge). Now, more than 20 years later, the team at Other Ocean Interactive is recreating […]

Secure browser Avast Secure Browser has undergone significant improvements

The developers of the Czech company Avast Software announced the release of an updated Secure Browser web browser, created based on the source code of the open-source Chromium project with an eye to ensuring user security when working on the global network. The new version of Avast Secure Browser, codenamed Zermatt, includes tools for optimizing the use of RAM and processor, as well as the “Extend the […]