Google has announced the decision to add an HTTPS-First mode to Chrome 94, which is reminiscent of the HTTPS Only mode that previously appeared in Firfox 83. When trying to open a resource without encryption over HTTP, the browser will first try to access the HTTPS site, and if the attempt is unsuccessful, the user will be shown a warning about the lack of HTTPS support and an offer to open the site without encryption. […]
The release of the Wine Launcher 1.5.3 project is available, developing a Sandbox environment for launching Windows games. Among the main features are: isolation from the system, separate Wine and Prefix for each game, compression into SquashFS images to save space, modern launcher style, automatic fixation of changes in the Prefix directory and generation of patches from this, support for gamepads and Steam/GE/TKG Proton . The project code is distributed under [...]
A vulnerability (CVE-2021-22555) has been identified in Netfilter, a subsystem of the Linux kernel used to filter and modify network packets, that allows a local user to gain root privileges on the system, including while in an isolated container. A working prototype of an exploit that bypasses the KASLR, SMAP and SMEP protection mechanisms has been prepared for testing. The researcher who discovered the vulnerability received a $20 reward from Google […]
The Rostec State Corporation and the technology company Yadro (ICS Holding) intend to develop and begin production of a new processor for laptops, PCs and servers, based on the RISC-V architecture, by 2025. It is planned to equip workplaces in Rostec divisions and institutions of the Ministry of Education and Science, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation with computers based on the new processor. 27,8 billion rubles will be invested in the project (including […]
The UBports project, which took over the development of the Ubuntu Touch mobile platform after Canonical pulled out of it, has published an OTA-18 (over-the-air) firmware update. The project is also developing an experimental port of the Unity 8 desktop, which has been renamed Lomiri. The Ubuntu Touch OTA-18 update is available for OnePlus One, Fairphone 2, Nexus 4, Nexus 5, Nexus 7 […]
A fork of zsnes, an emulator for the Super Nintendo game console, is available. The author of the fork set about clearing up problems with the build and began updating the code base. The original zsnes project has not been updated for 14 years and when trying to use it, problems arise with compilation in modern Linux distributions, as well as incompatibilities with new compilers. The updated package is posted in the repository […]
The release of the document-oriented DBMS MongoDB 5.0 is presented, which occupies a niche between fast and scalable systems that operate data in key/value format, and relational DBMSs that are functional and easy to form queries. The MongoDB code is written in C++ and distributed under the SSPL license, which is based on the AGPLv3 license, but is not open source, as it contains a discriminatory […]
The release of the authoritative DNS server PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.5, designed for organizing the return of DNS zones, was released. According to the project developers, PowerDNS Authoritative Server serves approximately 30% of the total number of domains in Europe (if we consider only domains with DNSSEC signatures, then 90%). The project code is distributed under the GPLv2 license. PowerDNS Authoritative Server provides the ability to store domain information […]
The release of a specialized distribution Tails 4.20 (The Amnesic Incognito Live System), based on the Debian package base and designed to provide anonymous access to the network, has been published. Anonymous access to Tails is provided by the Tor system. All connections other than traffic through the Tor network are blocked by the packet filter by default. To store user data in the user data saving mode between launches, […]
In the 134th episode of the SDCast podcast (mp3, 91 MB, ogg, 67 MB) there was an interview with Andrey Lukoshko, architect of AlmaLinux, and Evgeny Zamriy, head of the release engineering department at CloudLinux. The issue contains a conversation about the appearance of the fork, its structure, assembly and development plans. Source: opennet.ru
The Firefox 90 web browser was released. In addition, an update to the long-term support branch 78.12.0 was created. The Firefox 91 branch will soon be transferred to the beta testing stage, the release of which is scheduled for August 10. Key innovations: In the “Privacy and Security” settings section, additional settings for the “HTTPS Only” mode have been added, when enabled, all requests made without encryption will automatically […]
Amazon presented the first release of the OpenSearch project, which develops a fork of the Elasticsearch search, analysis and data storage platform and the Kibana web interface. The OpenSearch project also continues to develop the Open Distro for Elasticsearch distribution, which was previously developed at Amazon together with Expedia Group and Netflix in the form of an add-on for Elasticsearch. The code is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. Release of OpenSearch […]
