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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.

In FreeBSD 13, there was nearly a shoddy implementation of WireGuard with license violations and vulnerabilities.

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From the codebase on which the FreeBSD 13 release was based, the code implementing the WireGuard VPN protocol, developed under contract by Netgate without consultations with the original WireGuard developers, has been controversially removed. This code was already included in stable releases of the pfSense distribution. After code review by Jason Donenfeld, the author of the original WireGuard, it was determined that the proposal for FreeBSD contained significant issues.

The Genode project has released version 21.03 of the general-purpose operating system Sculpt.

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The Sculpt 21.03 operating system release has been presented, which is developing a general-purpose operating system based on Genode OS Framework technologies that can be used by ordinary users for everyday tasks. The project source code is distributed under the AGPLv3 license. A 27 MB LiveUSB image is available for download. It supports operation on systems with Intel processors and graphics subsystems.

NGINX Unit 1.23.0 Application Server Release

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The NGINX Unit 1.23 application server has been released, which is developing a solution for running web applications in various programming languages (Python, PHP, Perl, Ruby, Go, JavaScript/Node.js, and Java). Multiple applications in different programming languages can run simultaneously under NGINX Unit, with launch parameters that can be dynamically changed without the need to edit configuration files and restart.

Release of the GNOME Commander file manager 1.12

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The release of the dual-panel file manager GNOME Commander 1.12.0 has taken place, optimized for use in the GNOME desktop environment. GNOME Commander offers features such as tabs, command line access, bookmarks, customizable color schemes, directory skipping mode when selecting files, access to external data via FTP and SAMBA, extensible context menus, automatic mounting of external drives, access to navigation history, […]

A general vote on supporting the petition against Stallman has been initiated in Debian

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A voting plan has been published, with a single option: to support the petition against Stallman by the Debian project as an organization. The voting organizer, Steve Langasek from Canonical, has limited the discussion period to one week (previously, at least two weeks were allocated for discussion). The founders of the vote also include Neil McGovern, Steve McIntyre, and Sam Hartman, who in the past […]

OpenSSL 1.1.1k update addressing two critical vulnerabilities

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A patch release of the OpenSSL cryptographic library 1.1.1k is available, addressing two vulnerabilities classified as high severity: CVE-2021-3450 — a potential bypass of certificate authority verification when enabling the X509_V_FLAG_X509_STRICT flag, which is off by default and is used for additional verification of certificates in the chain. The issue stemmed from a new verification implemented in OpenSSL 1.1.1h that prohibits the use of […]

Resolving GPL violations in the mimemagic library resulted in a Ruby on Rails failure

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The author of the popular Ruby library mimemagic, which has over 100 million downloads, was forced to change the license from MIT to GPLv2 due to a discovered breach of the GPLv2 license within the project. Only versions 0.3.6 and 0.4.0, released under GPL, remain on RubyGems, while all older releases under the MIT license have been removed. Furthermore, the development of mimemagic has been halted, and the repository on GitHub […]

The OSI organization will hold new elections for the board of directors due to the compromise of the voting system.

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The Open Source Initiative (OSI), which verifies licenses for compliance with Open Source criteria, has decided to hold a re-election for the governing board due to a vulnerability found in the voting platform used to manipulate the results of the previous elections. Currently, the vulnerability has been blocked and an independent investigation has been brought in to determine the consequences of the breach. Details of the incident will be published after completion […]

Update Samba 4.14.2, 4.13.7, and 4.12.14 to address vulnerabilities

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Corrective releases for Samba 4.14.2, 4.13.7, and 4.12.14 have been prepared to address two vulnerabilities: CVE-2020-27840 — a buffer overflow that occurs when processing specially crafted DN (Distinguished Name) entries. An anonymous attacker can cause the AD DC LDAP server based on Samba to crash by sending a specially crafted bind request. Since there is a potential to control the overwrite area during the attack, […]

The release of the SpamAssassin 3.4.5 spam filtering system includes a vulnerability fix.

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The release of the spam filtering platform SpamAssassin 3.4.5 is now available. SpamAssassin implements a comprehensive approach to decision-making regarding blocking: messages undergo a series of checks (context analysis, DNSBL black and white lists, trainable Bayesian classifiers, signature checking, sender authentication via SPF and DKIM, etc.). After the message is evaluated by various methods, a specific weight coefficient is accumulated. If the computed […]

Release of Tor Browser 10.0.14 and Tails distribution 4.17.

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The release of the specialized distribution Tails 4.17 (The Amnesic Incognito Live System), based on the Debian package base and designed for anonymous internet access, has been formed. Anonymous access in Tails is ensured by the Tor system. By default, all connections except for traffic through the Tor network are blocked by the packet filter. For storing user data in save mode between sessions, […]

Release of the GNOME 40 desktop environment

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After six months of development, the GNOME 40 desktop environment has been released. Over 24,000 changes have been made compared to the previous release, involving 822 developers. To quickly assess the features of GNOME 40, specialized Live builds based on openSUSE and an installation image prepared under the GNOME OS initiative are offered. GNOME 40 is also already included in […]

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