Author: ProHoster

Vulnerabilities in PowerDNS Authoritative Server

Authoritative DNS server updates PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.3.1, 4.2.3 and 4.1.14 are available, which fix four vulnerabilities, two of which could potentially lead to remote code execution by an attacker. Vulnerabilities CVE-2020-24696, CVE-2020-24697 and CVE-2020-24698 affect code that implements the GSS-TSIG key exchange mechanism. The vulnerabilities only appear when building PowerDNS with GSS-TSIG support (“—enable-experimental-gss-tsig”, not used by default) […]

OBS Studio 26.0 Live Streaming Release

OBS Studio 26.0 has been released for broadcasting, streaming, compositing and video recording. The code is written in C/C++ languages ​​and is distributed under the GPLv2 license. Assemblies are generated for Linux, Windows and macOS. The goal of developing OBS Studio is to create a free analogue of the Open Broadcaster Software application, not tied to the Windows platform, supporting OpenGL and extensible through plugins. The difference […]

Windows Terminal Preview 1.4: Jump List, Blink and Hyperlink Support

We're back with another Windows Terminal Preview update, which will be available in Windows Terminal in October. Both builds of Windows Terminal can be downloaded from the Microsoft Store or the releases page on GitHub. Check it out below for the latest updates! Jump List You can now launch Windows Terminal Preview with a specific profile from the Start menu or […]

Why do we need flash drives with hardware encryption?

Hey Habr! In the comments to one of our articles about flash drives, readers asked an interesting question: “Why do we need a flash drive with hardware encryption when TrueCrypt is available?” Kingston drive no bookmarks?”. We answered these questions concisely, but then decided […]

Kingston DataTraveler: a new generation of secure flash drives

Hey Habr! We have great news for those who prefer to secure their data, which is stored not only on the internal drives of PCs and laptops, but also on removable media. The fact is that on July 20, our American colleagues from Kingston announced the release of three USB-drives supporting the USB 3.0 standard, with a capacity of 128 GB and an encryption function. […]

Tesla will offer two different models of affordable electric vehicles

One of Tesla's most memorable statements last week was his promise to produce a $25 electric car while maintaining business profitability. This week, Elon Musk explained that production of two different electric vehicles in this price category will be launched at sites in Germany and China; they will not have anything to do with the Model 000. These […]

OPPO Reno4 Z 5G smartphone unveiled with Full HD+ screen and Dimensity 800 chip

The Chinese company OPPO announced a mid-range smartphone Reno4 Z 5G with support for fifth generation mobile networks. The new product runs on the ColorOS 7.1 operating system based on Android 10. The presented device is based on the Oppo A92s model. The MediaTek Dimensity 800 processor is used, containing eight cores with a clock speed of up to 2,0 GHz and an integrated 5G modem. The chip works […]

ASUS TUF Gaming VG27VH1BR concave monitor has 1ms response time

The VG27VH1BR model debuted in the ASUS TUF Gaming family of gaming monitors, built on a concave VA matrix with a diagonal of 27 inches and a radius of curvature of 1500R. The new product corresponds to the Full HD format - 1920 × 1080 pixels. 120% coverage of the sRGB color space and 90% coverage of the DCI-P3 color space are claimed. The panel has a response time of 1 ms and a refresh rate of 165 Hz. […]

Fedora 33 Distribution Enters Beta Testing

Testing of the beta version of the Fedora 33 distribution has begun. The beta release marked the transition to the final stage of testing, in which only critical errors are corrected. The release is scheduled for the end of October. The release covers Fedora Workstation, Fedora Server, Fedora Silverblue, Fedora IoT and Live builds, delivered in the form of spins with the KDE Plasma 5, Xfce, MATE, Cinnamon, LXDE and LXQt desktop environments. The assemblies are prepared for [...]

Release of Mesa 20.2.0, a free implementation of OpenGL and Vulkan

The release of the free implementation of the OpenGL and Vulkan APIs - Mesa 20.2.0 - has been presented. Mesa 20.2 includes full OpenGL 4.6 support for Intel (i965, iris) and AMD (radeonsi) GPUs, OpenGL 4.5 support for AMD (r600), NVIDIA (nvc0) and llvmpipe GPUs, OpenGL 4.3 for virgl (virgil3D virtual GPU for QEMU /KVM), as well as Vulkan 1.2 support for […]

Is it possible to generate random numbers if we don't trust each other? Part 1

Hey Habr! In this article, I will talk about the generation of pseudo-random numbers by participants who do not trust each other. As we will see below, it is quite easy to implement an “almost” good generator, but it is difficult to implement a very good one. Why do you need to generate random numbers for participants who do not trust each other? One area of ​​application is decentralized applications. For example, an application that […]

I looked at my traffic: he knew everything about me (Mac OS Catalina)

a man with a paper bag on his head Today, after updating Catalina from 15.6 to 15.7, the Internet speed dipped, something heavily loaded my network and I decided to look at network activity. I ran tcpdump for a couple of hours: sudo tcpdump -k NP > ~/log And the first thing that caught my eye: 16:43:42.919443 () ARP, Request who-has 192.168.1.51 tell 192.168.1.1, length […]