Author: Yuri Gagarin

Update of the free antivirus package ClamAV 0.102.3

The release of the free antivirus package ClamAV 0.102.3 has been announced, which addresses two vulnerabilities (CVE-2020-3327, CVE-2020-3341) that could lead to crashes when parsing specifically crafted ARJ archives and PDF documents due to out-of-bounds read conditions. The new release also fixes several memory leaks. The libclamunrar library has been updated to UnRAR 5.9.2. Source: opennet.ru

Zabbix 5.0 LTS has been released

The release of the open-source monitoring system Zabbix 5.0 LTS has occurred. Zabbix is a versatile system for monitoring the performance and availability of servers, engineering and networking equipment, applications, databases, virtualization systems, containers, IT services, web services, and cloud infrastructure. The system implements a complete cycle from data collection, processing and transformation, analysis of the received data, to data storage, […]

Data Build Tool or what’s common between Data Warehousing and Smoothies

What principles underpin the ideal Data Warehouse? A focus on business value and analytics without boilerplate code. Managing a DWH like a codebase: versioning, reviews, automated testing, and CI. Modularity, extensibility, open source, and community. Friendly user documentation and visualization of dependencies (Data Lineage). More on all this and the role of DBT in the Big Data ecosystem […]

Overview of the Snom D785 IP phone

Hello, Habr users! Welcome to our corporate blog at Snom on Habr, where we plan to publish a series of reviews of our products and services in the near future. The blog will be managed by our team responsible for business in the CIS markets. We will gladly answer your questions and provide any consultation or assistance. We hope to […]

What to Expect from Wi-Fi 7, IEEE 802.11be?

Recently, devices supporting Wi-Fi 6 (IEEE 802.11ax) have entered the market, which has been widely discussed. However, few people know that the development of the next generation of Wi-Fi technology — Wi-Fi 7 (IEEE 802.11be) — is already underway. This article discusses what Wi-Fi 7 will entail. Background In September 2020, we will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the IEEE project […]

Release of Zabbix 5.0 LTS monitoring system

A new version of the open-source monitoring system Zabbix 5.0 LTS has been released, featuring a wealth of new innovations. The released version includes significant improvements in monitoring security, single sign-on support, historical data compression using TimescaleDB, integrations with messaging systems, support services, and much more. Zabbix consists of three core components: a server to coordinate check executions, […]

Microservices in C++. Fiction or reality?

In this article, I will explain how I created a template (cookiecutter) and set up the environment for writing a REST API service in C++ using docker/docker-compose and the conan package manager. During a hackathon I participated in as a backend developer, the question arose regarding the technology stack for writing the next microservice. Everything that had been written so far […]

On Hydrogen Peroxide and the Bombardier Beetle

The topic of this note has been brewing for a long time. Although at the request of the readers of the LAB-66 channel, I initially wanted to write about safe handling of hydrogen peroxide, for some unclear (indeed!) reason, it turned into another longread. A mix of popsci, rocket fuel, "coronavirus disinfection," and permanganatometric titration. How to properly store hydrogen peroxide, what protective equipment to use when working […]

Observer: System Redux will be 20% longer than the original.

In mid-April, Bloober Team announced Observer: System Redux — an enhanced edition of Observer for next-generation consoles. The project was discussed in a recent interview with GamingBolt by the development lead, Szymon Erdmanski. He shared insights about the added content in System Redux, technical improvements, and versions for different platforms. The journalists asked the project head about the expected growth […]

Facebook has removed Instagram Lite and is developing a new version of the app

Facebook has removed the ‘lite’ Instagram app from the Google Play catalog. Launched in 2018, it was designed for users in Mexico, Kenya, and other developing countries. Unlike the full-featured app, the simplified version took up less space, operated faster, and was more economical with internet traffic. However, it lacked certain features like messaging. Reports indicate that […]

An intra-kernel implementation of WireGuard for OpenBSD has been announced

On the company's Twitter, EdgeSecurity, founded by the author of WireGuard, announced the creation of a native and fully supported implementation of the WireGuard VPN for OpenBSD. A screenshot demonstrating the functionality was shared as confirmation. The readiness of patches for the OpenBSD kernel has also been confirmed by Jason A. Donenfeld, the author of WireGuard, in the announcement of updates for wireguard-tools. Currently, only external patches are available, […]

Fast Routing and NAT in Linux

As IPv4 addresses run out, many telecommunications operators have faced the need to organize their clients' access to the network through address translation. In this article, I will explain how to achieve Carrier Grade NAT performance on commodity servers. A Bit of History The exhaustion of the IPv4 address space is no longer a new topic. At one point, waiting queues appeared in RIPE […]

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