Author: ProHoster

In 2022, a phantom mannequin will go to the ISS to study radiation

At the beginning of the next decade, a special phantom mannequin will be delivered to the International Space Station (ISS) to study the effects of radiation on the human body. TASS reports this, citing statements by Vyacheslav Shurshakov, head of the radiation safety department for manned space flights at the Institute of Medical and Biological Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Now there is a so-called spherical phantom in orbit. Inside and on the surface of this Russian development […]

Redmi Note 64 8-megapixel smartphone lit up in live shots

Xiaomi has already confirmed that it will launch a smartphone with a 64-megapixel Samsung ISOCELL Bright GW1 sensor in India later this year. Now live images of the Redmi Note 8 smartphone have appeared in China, which may arrive in the Indian market under the name Redmi Note 8 Pro. The first photo shows the left side of the smartphone with the SIM card slot and the rear […]

Logitech MK470 Slim Wireless Combo: wireless keyboard and mouse

Logitech has announced the MK470 Slim Wireless Combo, which includes a wireless keyboard and mouse. Information is exchanged with a computer through a small transceiver with a USB interface, which operates in the 2,4 GHz frequency range. The declared range of action reaches ten meters. The keyboard has a compact design: dimensions are 373,5 × 143,9 × 21,3 mm, weight - 558 grams. […]

Chaos Constructions 2019 is Coming…

Chaos Constructions 2019 On August 24-25, traditionally the last weekend of summer, the computer festival Chaos Constructions 2019 will be held in St. Petersburg. At the conference within the framework of the festival, more than 60 reports will be presented to your attention. Initially, the festival was dedicated to the demoscene, and those computers that are now retro were the most modern. It all started in 1995 with the ENLiGHT festival, which was organized […]

Configuring Out-Of-Memory Killer on Linux for PostgreSQL

When a database server quits unexpectedly in Linux, you need to find the reason. There may be several reasons. For example, SIGSEGV is a failure due to a bug in the backend server. But this is rare. Most often, you simply run out of disk space or memory. If you run out of disk space, there is only one way out - free up space and restart the database. Out-Of-Memory Killer When the server […]

MCS Cloud Platform Security Audit

SkyShip Dusk by SeerLight Building any service necessarily includes constant work on security. Security is a continuous process that includes constant analysis and improvement of product security, monitoring news about vulnerabilities and much more. Including audits. Audits are carried out both in-house and by external experts who can radically […]

Cisco Training 200-125 CCNA v3.0. Day 21: RIP Distance Vector Routing

The topic of today's lesson is RIP, or routing information protocol. We will talk about various aspects of its use, its configuration and limitations. As I said, RIP is not part of the Cisco 200-125 CCNA course curriculum, but I decided to devote a separate lesson to this protocol since RIP is one of the main routing protocols. Today we […]

"Slurm" is highly addictive. How to turn a cabal into a global project

Southbridge with its Slurm is the only company in Russia that has a KTP (Kubernetes Training Provider) certificate. Slurm is one year old. During this time, 800 people completed our Kubernetes intensive courses. It's time to start writing your memoirs. On September 9-11 in St. Petersburg, in the Selectel conference hall, the next Slurm, the fifth in a row, will be held. There will be an introduction to Kubernetes: each participant will create a cluster in […]

Applications for e-books on the Android operating system (part 2)

The first part of the review of applications for e-books on the Android operating system outlined the reasons why not every application for the Android system will work correctly on e-readers with the same operating system. It was this sad fact that prompted us to test many applications and select those that will work on “readers” (even if […]

out-of-tree v1.0.0 is a toolkit for developing and testing exploits and Linux kernel modules

The first (v1.0.0) version of out-of-tree, a toolkit for developing and testing exploits and Linux kernel modules, was released. out-of-tree allows you to automate some routine actions to create environments for debugging kernel modules and exploits, generating exploit reliability statistics, and also provides the ability to easily integrate into CI (Continuous Integration). Each kernel module or exploit is described by a file .out-of-tree.toml, where […]

The film, which was the ground. Yandex research and a brief history of search by meaning

Sometimes people turn to Yandex to find a movie whose title has slipped their mind. They describe the plot, memorable scenes, vivid details: for example, [what is the name of the film where a man chooses a red or blue pill]. We decided to study the descriptions of forgotten films and find out what people remember most about the movies. Today we will not only share a link to our research, […]