ProHoster > Articles on: Yuri Gagarin

Author: Yuri Gagarin

A technical specialist at ProHoster with over six years of experience in server administration, VPN solutions, and network security. I manage infrastructure setup and support, monitor service stability, and implement solutions to protect client data. I also contribute to performance optimization and compliance with modern security and privacy requirements.

Update Firefox 101.0.1. Strengthening Mozilla's requirements for Certificate Authorities

Posted on

A corrective release of Firefox 101.0.1 is available, notable for enhancing sandbox isolation on the Windows platform. The new version includes by default the blocking of access to the Win32k API (Win32 GUI components operating at the kernel level) from isolated content processing processes. This change was made ahead of the Pwn2Own 2022 competition, which will take place from May 18-20. Participants of Pwn2Own will demonstrate working exploitation techniques for previously unknown vulnerabilities and in […]

PAPPL 1.2 is available, a framework for organizing printing output

Posted on

Michael R Sweet, the author of the CUPS printing system, has released PAPPL 1.2, a framework for developing printing applications based on the IPP Everywhere protocol, which is recommended for use instead of traditional printer drivers. The framework code is written in C and is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license with an exception allowing linking with code under GPLv2 and LGPLv2 licenses. […]

The second beta release of the Android 13 mobile platform

Posted on

Google has unveiled the second beta version of the open mobile platform Android 13. The release of Android 13 is expected in the third quarter of 2022. A beta testing program has been proposed to evaluate the new features of the platform. Firmware builds have been prepared for Pixel 6/6 Pro, Pixel 5/5a 5G, Pixel 4/4 XL/4a/4a (5G) devices. Test builds with Android 13 are also […]

A vulnerability in unrar allows overwriting files during archive extraction

Posted on

A vulnerability (CVE-2022-30333) has been discovered in the unrar utility, allowing specially crafted archive extraction to overwrite files outside the current directory, subject to user permissions. The issue has been resolved in RAR 6.12 and unrar 6.1.7 releases. The vulnerability affects versions for Linux, FreeBSD, and macOS, but does not impact builds for Android and Windows. The problem arises from inadequate checks against the ‘/..’ sequence […]

Release of the TrueNAS 13.0 distribution for creating network storage

Posted on

After a year and a half of development, iXsystems has released TrueNAS CORE 13, a distribution for quickly deploying network-attached storage (NAS). TrueNAS CORE 13 is based on the FreeBSD 13 codebase, featuring integrated ZFS support and management through a web interface built using the Django Python framework. It supports FTP, NFS, Samba, AFP, rsync, and […]

Release of the iptables 1.8.8 packet filter

Posted on

A new release of the classic toolkit for managing the iptables packet filter 1.8.8 has been published, with recent development focused on components to maintain backward compatibility — iptables-nft and ebtables-nft, providing utilities with the same command-line syntax as iptables and ebtables, but translating the received rules into bytecode nf_tables. The original set of iptables programs, including ip6tables, arptables, and ebtables, is included in […]

Release of the NetworkManager 1.38.0 network configurator

Posted on

A stable release of the interface to simplify network parameter configuration — NetworkManager 1.38.0 is now available. Plugins for supporting VPN, OpenConnect, PPTP, OpenVPN, and OpenSWAN are developed under their own development cycles. Key innovations in NetworkManager 1.38 include: The logic for selecting the source address has been revamped when multiple IP addresses exist on the network interface. The rules for establishing priority for IPv6 addresses have been aligned with the rules previously applied […]

Release of Alt Workstation K 10.0 Distribution

Posted on

The release of the Alt Workstation K 10 distribution has been published, shipped with a graphical environment based on KDE Plasma. Boot images have been prepared for the x86_64 architecture (HTTP, Yandex mirror, Distrib Coffee, Infania Networks). The operating system has been registered in the Unified Register of Russian Software and meets the requirements for transitioning to infrastructure based on domestic operating systems. The KDE-based build is the final part of the overall update […]

Release of the ONLYOFFICE Docs 7.1 office suite

Posted on

The release of ONLYOFFICE DocumentServer 7.1 has been published, implementing a server for online editors ONLYOFFICE and facilitating collaboration. The editors can be used to work with text documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. The project's code is distributed under the free license AGPLv3. At the same time, the release of the ONLYOFFICE DesktopEditors 7.1 product has been formed, built on a unified codebase with the online editors. The desktop editors are presented as desktop applications, […]

Google has established a team to assist open projects in enhancing security.

Posted on

Google has announced its joining the OpenSSF (Open Source Security Foundation) initiative, formed by the Linux Foundation and aimed at enhancing the security of open-source software. As part of its participation, Google has created and will fund the work of a separate team of engineers, the 'Open Source Maintenance Crew,' which will collaborate with maintainers of critically important open projects on issues related to strengthening […]

Multipass 1.9 has been released, a toolkit for deploying Ubuntu on virtual machines.

Posted on

Canonical has released version 1.9 of the multipass tool, designed to simplify the installation of various versions of Ubuntu in virtual machines running on Linux, Windows, and macOS virtualization systems. Multipass allows developers to launch the desired version of Ubuntu in a virtual machine with a single command, without additional configurations, for experiments or testing their applications. In Linux, a virtual machine is launched using […]

« to the beginning 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 to the end »
Buy reliable website hosting with DDoS protection, VPS VDS servers 🔥 Buy reliable website hosting with DDoS protection, VPS VDS servers | ProHoster