Author: ProHoster

Step-by-step guide to setting up a BIND DNS server in a chroot environment for Red Hat (RHEL / CentOS) 7

The translation of the article was prepared for students of the Linux Security course. Interested in developing in this direction? Watch the recording of the broadcast of Ivan Piskunov’s master class “Security in Linux compared to Windows and MacOS” In this article I will talk about the steps to set up a DNS server on RHEL 7 or CentOS 7. For the demonstration, I used Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4. Our goal […]

Why the US is investigating the work of large IT companies

Regulators are looking for violations of antitrust laws. We find out what the prerequisites for this situation are, and what opinion is formed in the community in response to what is happening. Photo - Sebastian Pichler - Unsplash From the point of view of the US authorities, Facebook, Google and Amazon, to one degree or another, can be called monopolists. This is a social network where all friends sit. Online store, in [...]

AMA with Habr v.1011

Today is not just another last Friday of the month when you ask us your questions - today is system administrator day! Well, that is, a professional holiday for Atlanteans, on whose shoulders high-load systems, complex infrastructures, data center servers and small companies rest. Therefore, we are waiting for questions, congratulations and encourage everyone to go buy or order some goodies and congratulate their harsh network […]

The community continued to develop the Antergos distribution under the new name Endeavor OS

There was a group of enthusiasts who took up the development of the Antergos distribution, the development of which was stopped in May due to the lack of free time among the remaining maintainers to maintain the project at the proper level. Antergos development will be continued by a new development team called Endeavor OS. The first build of Endeavor OS (1.4 GB) has been prepared for download, providing a simple installer for installing the basic Arch Linux environment […]

What it's like to listen to code at 1000 words per minute

The story of a small tragedy and big victories of a very good developer who needs help. At the Far Eastern Federal University there is a center for project activities - there masters and bachelors find engineering projects for themselves that already have customers, money and prospects. Lectures and intensive courses are also held there. Experienced specialists talk about modern and applied things. One of the intensive […]

Which languages ​​to translate your game into in 2019

“The game is good, but without the Russian language I give it a one” - a frequent review in any store. Learning English is, of course, good, but localization can also help. I translated the article, which languages ​​to focus on, what to translate and the cost of localization. Key points at once: Minimum translation plan: description, keywords + screenshots. Top 10 languages ​​for translating the game (if it is already in English): […]

GitHub began to restrict users from territories subject to US sanctions

GitHub has published a new version of its policy on compliance with US export regulations. The rules regulate restrictions on private repositories and corporate accounts of companies operating in territories subject to sanctions (Crimea, Iran, Cuba, Syria, Sudan, North Korea), but so far they have not been applied to individual developers of non-profit projects. New […]

Net profit of "Yandex" collapsed ten times

The Yandex company reported on its work in the second quarter of this year: the revenue of the Russian IT giant is growing, while net profit is declining. Revenue for the period from April to June inclusive amounted to 41,4 billion rubles (656,3 million US dollars). This is 40% more than the result for the second quarter of last year. At the same time, net profit collapsed by ten […]

Tactical Viking strategy game Bad North gets a 'giant' free update

At the end of last year, Bad North was released, a game that combines tactical strategy and roguelike. In it you need to defend a peaceful kingdom from the attacking hordes of Vikings, giving orders to your soldiers and using tactical advantages depending on the map. This week the developers released a “giant” free update, with which the project received the subtitle Jotunn Edition. With him […]

Video: Rage 2 has new modes and free updates

At the beginning of the QuakeCon festival, publisher Bethesda Softworks, as well as developers from Avalanche and id Software, presented a new trailer for the open-world shooter Rage 2. In it, the authors talked about the second major update for their project, which was released on July 25 and brought a lot of free improvements in the form of new game modes, another level of difficulty and mass [...]

Helicopter flight to the battlefield in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare multiplayer teaser

The Infinity Ward studio on the official Call of Duty Twitter published a teaser for the multiplayer mode of the new part with the subtitle Modern Warfare. The developers also announced the date for the first demonstration of multiplayer. The short video shows a screensaver with soldiers arriving on the battlefield. The team sits in a helicopter, the vehicle makes several circles over the location, and then lands at the desired point. In the video, in extreme [...]