Author: Yuri Gagarin

Systematic approach to variables in Ansible

ansible devops codestyle Hey! My name is Denis Kalyuzhny, and I work as an engineer in the development process automation department. Every day, new application builds are deployed on hundreds of the company's servers. In this article, I share my experience using Ansible for these purposes. This guide offers a way to organize variables in deployment. This guide is aimed at those who are already using roles […]

Solving practical tasks in Zabbix using JavaScript

Tikhon Uskov, Integration Engineer at Zabbix Zabbix is a customizable platform used for monitoring any data. Since the earliest versions of Zabbix, monitoring administrators have had the ability to run various scripts via Actions for checks on target nodes in the network. However, running scripts led to several challenges, including the need for script maintenance and their […]

Vulnerabilities in FreeBSD

Several vulnerabilities have been identified in FreeBSD, which have been fixed in updates 12.1-RELEASE-p8, 11.4-RELEASE-p2, and 11.3-RELEASE-p12: CVE-2020-7460 — privilege escalation in the system through manipulation of 32-bit sendmsg calls on 64-bit systems. 32-bit systems and systems with kernels built without the COMPAT_FREEBSD32 option (which is enabled by default in GENERIC kernels) are not affected by this issue. CVE-2020-7459 — lack of proper size checks for data copied to […]

Apache HTTP Server release 2.4.46 with vulnerabilities fixed

The release of the Apache HTTP server 2.4.46 has been published (versions 2.4.44 and 2.4.45 were skipped), which features 17 changes and fixes 3 vulnerabilities: CVE-2020-11984 — buffer overflow in the mod_proxy_uwsgi module, which can lead to information leakage or code execution on the server when sending a specially crafted request. Exploiting this vulnerability involves sending a very long HTTP header. To protect against this, blocking has been added […]

The most expensive SaaS companies in the B2B and B2C sectors

Company names with the SaaS prefix frequently appear in news, reviews, ratings, examples, and comparisons. Companies providing software as a service on a subscription or on-demand basis have always been in the spotlight, both among users of their services and those looking to invest in fast-growing tech businesses. In 2020, the need for social distancing left its mark on […]

The Time of Firsts

August 6, 1991, can be considered the second birthday of the Internet. On this day, Tim Berners-Lee launched the first website in the world on the first web server, accessible at info.cern.ch. The resource defined the concept of the 'World Wide Web' and included instructions for setting up a web server, using a browser, etc. This site was also the first Internet directory in the world, because later […]

Elementary OS 5.1.7 Distribution Update

The release of Elementary OS 5.1.7 has been presented, positioned as a fast, open, and privacy-respecting alternative to Windows and macOS. The project focuses on quality design aimed at creating a user-friendly system that consumes minimal resources and provides fast boot times. Users are offered their own desktop environment, Pantheon. Original components of Elementary OS are developed using GTK3, […]

S3 Architecture: 3 Years of Evolution in Mail.ru Cloud Storage

Storage Corridor by St-Pete Hello everyone! I am Mons Anderson, the architect of the Mail.ru Cloud Solutions platform. I will share how we built our S3 storage, how it works, what solutions turned out to be successful, and what we would change if we were to start the same project from scratch now. This article is based on a presentation at the @Databases Meetup by Mail.ru Cloud Solutions & Tarantool. […]

Running Camunda BPM on Kubernetes

Are you using Kubernetes? Ready to move your Camunda BPM instances from virtual machines, or maybe just try running them on Kubernetes? Let's look at some common configurations and individual components that can be tailored to your specific needs. It is assumed that you have used Kubernetes before. If not, why not check out the guide and run your first […]

Firefox Reality PC Preview has been presented for virtual reality devices

Mozilla has introduced a new version of the browser for virtual reality systems — Firefox Reality PC Preview. The browser supports all of Firefox's features for maintaining privacy but offers a different 3D user interface that allows navigation through websites within the virtual world or as part of augmented reality systems. Builds are available for installation through the HTC Viveport catalog (currently only for Windows […]

The Linux kernel USB stack has been transitioned to the use of inclusive terminology

The codebase for the upcoming release of the Linux kernel 5.9 has accepted changes to the USB subsystem, cleaning up non-politically correct terms. The changes were made in accordance with recently adopted guidelines for using inclusive terminology in the Linux kernel. The code has been cleansed of words like 'slave', 'master', 'blacklist', and 'whitelist'. For example, instead of 'usb slave device', 'usb […]

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