Author: ProHoster

curl 7.66.0: concurrency and HTTP/3

On September 11, a new version of curl was released - a simple CLI utility and library for receiving and sending data over the network. Innovations: Experimental support for HTTP3 (disabled by default, requires rebuilding with quiche or ngtcp2+nghttp3) Improvements to authorization via SASL Parallel data transfer (-Z switch) Processing of the Retry-After header Replacement of curl_multi_wait() with curl_multi_poll(), which should prevent freezing when waiting. Corrections […]

NASA allocates $2,7 billion to build three Orion spacecraft for lunar missions

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has selected a contractor to build spacecraft to carry out lunar missions as part of the Artemis program. The space agency awarded a contract for the production and operation of Orion spacecraft to Lockheed Martin. It is reported that the production of spacecraft for the Orion program under the leadership of NASA Space Center […]

Oracle Solaris 11.4 SRU 13 release

The company's official blog contains information about the next release of the Oracle Solaris 11.4 SRU 13 distribution. It contains a number of fixes and improvements for the Oracle Solaris 11.4 branch. So, among the changes, we can note: Inclusion of the Hotplug framework for hot removal of SR-IOV PCIe devices. To remove and replace devices, the “evacuate-io” and “restore-io” commands have been added to ldm; Oracle Explorer […]

Run systemd in a container

We have been following the topic of using systemd in containers for a long time. Back in 2014, our security engineer Daniel Walsh wrote an article Running systemd within a Docker Container, and a couple of years later another one called Running systemd in a non-privileged container, in which he stated that the situation is not has improved a lot. IN […]

Newsboat 2.17 console RSS reader release

A new version of newsboat has been released, a fork of newsbeuter - a console RSS reader for UNIX-like operating systems, including Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and macOS. Unlike newsbeuter, newsboat is actively developing, while the development of newbeuter is stopped. The project code is written in C++ using libraries in the Rust language and is distributed under the MIT license. Newsboat features include: RSS support […]

Cisco Training 200-125 CCNA v3.0. Day 49 Introduction to EIGRP

Today we will begin studying the EIGRP protocol, which, along with studying OSPF, is the most important topic of the CCNA course. We'll return to Section 2.5 later, but for now, right after Section 2.4, we'll move on to Section 2.6, “Configuring, Verifying, and Troubleshooting EIGRP over IPv4 (Excluding Authentication, Filtering, Manual Summarization, Redistribution, and Stub Configuration).” Today we will have […]

Unpatched critical vulnerability in the vBulletin web forum engine (updated)

Information has been disclosed about an uncorrected (0-day) critical vulnerability (CVE-2019-16759) in the proprietary engine for creating web forums vBulletin, which allows you to execute code on the server by sending a specially designed POST request. A working exploit is available for the problem. vBulletin is used by many open-source projects, including Ubuntu, openSUSE, BSD systems and Slackware forums based on this engine. The vulnerability is present in the "ajax/render/widget_php" handler, which […]

How to come up with a product or company name using Vepp as an example

A guide for anyone who needs a name for a product or business - existing or new. We'll tell you how to invent, evaluate and choose. We worked for three months on renaming the control panel with hundreds of thousands of users. We were in pain and really lacked advice at the beginning of our journey. Therefore, when we finished, we decided to collect our experience into instructions. We hope it is useful to someone. […]

Zeek Traffic Analyzer 3.0.0 Released

Seven years after the formation of the last significant branch, the release of the traffic analysis and network intrusion detection system Zeek 3.0.0, previously distributed under the name Bro. This is the first significant release after the renaming of the project, made because the name Bro was associated with the fringe subculture of the same name, and not as an allusion intended by the authors to the “big brother” from the novel by George […]

8 stories about inner China. What is not shown to foreigners

Have you worked with China yet? Then the Chinese are coming to you. They know that there is no escape from them—you can’t escape from the planet. Zhongguo is the most developing country in the world. In all areas: manufacturing, IT, biotechnology. Last year, China posted the world's largest gross domestic product, accounting for 18% of global GDP. China has long […]

The new trailer for the action-RPG Children of Morta tells about the Bergson family

Preparing for the console release of the action-RPG with roguelike elements Children of Morta, the developers from the Dead Mage studio together with the publishing house 11 bit studios presented a new trailer for the game. The premiere will take place on October 4th on Xbox One, PlayStation 15 and Nintendo Switch. Let us remind you that PC users were the first to receive the game, where it was released on September 3. You can make a purchase in stores [...]

Windows 10 now has the ability to download an image from the cloud: a quick guide

Microsoft released the Windows 10 Build 18970 update for Insiders about a month ago. The main innovation in this build was the ability to install the operating system from the cloud. But only recently the company published additional information on the topic. The Cloud Download function, as noted, allows you to download a fresh image directly from the server to Windows Update, and then install it […]