Author: ProHoster

25 years of .RU domain

On April 7, 1994, the Russian Federation received the national domain .RU, registered by the international network center InterNIC. The domain administrator is the Coordination Center for the National Internet Domain. Earlier (after the collapse of the USSR) the following countries received their national domains: in 1992 - Lithuania, Estonia, Georgia and Ukraine, in 1993 - Latvia and Azerbaijan. From 1995 to 1997, the .RU domain […]

Factory testing of a modular data center

Equipment manufacturers often talk about the need and importance of factory testing of products for their continued safe operation. And if we are talking not about one product, but about a complex solution that combines more than a dozen engineering systems, then testing becomes not just an important, but an integral part of the production process. Conducting factory testing will ensure the reliability of the finished solution [...]

Analytics for Azure DevOps Services is now public

Reporting is an important capability for Azure DevOps users who rely on Analytics (Azure Analytics Service) to make data-driven decisions. Today, we're excited to announce that the following Analytics features will be included with Azure DevOps Services at no additional charge. In the near future, customers will see these changes in their accounts. Analytics features that are now […]

VMware NSX for the little ones. Part 5: Set up a load balancer

Part one. Introductory part two. Configuring Firewall and NAT Rules Part Three. Configuring DHCP Part Four. Routing setup Last time we talked about the capabilities of NSX Edge in the context of static and dynamic routing, and today we will deal with the balancer. Before proceeding with the setup, I would like to briefly recall the main types of balancing. Theory […]

Factory testing of a modular data center

Equipment manufacturers often talk about the need and importance of factory testing of products for their continued safe operation. And if we are talking not about one product, but about a complex solution that combines more than a dozen engineering systems, then testing becomes not just an important, but an integral part of the production process. Conducting factory testing will ensure the reliability of the finished solution [...]

ProLiant 100 series - "lost little brother"

The beginning of the second quarter of 2019 was marked by the renewal of the Hewlett Packard Enterprise server portfolio. At the same time, this update brings back to us the "lost little brother" - the HPE ProLiant DL100 series of servers. Since over the past years many have managed to forget about its existence, I propose to refresh our memories in this short article. The "hundredth" series has long been known to many as a budget […]

Network tools, or where should a pentester start?

Beginner Pentester's Toolkit: Here's a brief digest of the top tools that will come in handy when pentesting an internal network. These tools are already actively used by a wide range of specialists, so it will be useful for everyone to know about their capabilities and master them perfectly. Contents: Nmap Zmap Masscan Nessus Net-Creds network-miner mitm6 Responder Evil_Foca Bettercap gateway_finder mitmproxy SIET yersinia proxychains Nmap Nmap is an opensource […]

Wireguard Free VPN Service on AWS

For what? With the increasing censorship of the Internet by authoritarian regimes, an increasing number of useful Internet resources and sites are being blocked. Including technical information. Thus, it becomes impossible to fully use the Internet and the fundamental right to freedom of speech, enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, is violated. Article 19 Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and to […]

Gothic metroidvania Dark Devotion is coming to PC on April 25

Developers from the Hibernian Workshop studio have decided on the exact PC release date for the gothic metroidvania Dark Devotion. The premiere will take place on Steam, GOG and the Humble store on April 25. Although a couple of the stores mentioned above already have corresponding pages for the game, pre-orders are not yet open. The price in rubles is unknown, but for European players it will be £17,49. Earlier release […]

Why do we need industrial switches with improved EMC?

What causes packets to be lost on the LAN? There are different options: redundancy is incorrectly configured, the network cannot cope with the load, or the LAN “storms”. But the reason is not always in the network layer. Arktek LLC made automated process control systems and video surveillance systems for the Rasvumchorrsky mine of Apatit JSC based on Phoenix Contact switches. There was a problem on one part of the network. Between switches […]