The main branch of nginx 1.17.10 has been released, continuing the development of new features (the parallel stable branch 1.16 will only receive changes related to fixing serious bugs and vulnerabilities). The new version implements a new directive 'auth_delay', allowing an added delay for unauthorized requests with a 401 response code to reduce the intensity of password guessing attacks and protect against attacks manipulating […]
An update for the Solaris 11.4 operating system, SRU 20 (Support Repository Update), has been released, featuring a series of further fixes and improvements for the Solaris 11.4 branch. To install the proposed fixes in the update, simply run the command 'pkg update'. The ICU (International Components for Unicode) package has been updated to version 65.1, fixing nearly a hundred bugs, including updates to versions […]
Corrective releases for the distributed version control system Git 2.26.1, 2.25.3, 2.24.2, 2.23.2, 2.22.3, 2.21.2, 2.20.3, 2.19.4, 2.18.3, and 2.17.4 have been published, addressing a vulnerability (CVE-2020-5260) in the 'credential.helper' handler that causes credentials to be sent to the wrong host when the git client interacts with a repository via a specially formatted URL containing a newline character. This vulnerability can be exploited to organize […]
The report presents some approaches that allow monitoring the performance of SQL queries when there are millions per day and hundreds of controlled PostgreSQL servers. What technical solutions enable us to effectively process such a volume of information, and how does this make life easier for the average developer? Who is interested in a breakdown of specific problems and different techniques for SQL query optimizations and solutions to typical DBA tasks in PostgreSQL […]
In our previous article, "ExtremeSwitching X465 Switches: Universal Gigabit and Multigigabit," we discussed the X465 series switches, which are positioned as access switches for the premium segment. In this article, we would like to introduce you to a new line of access switches for the budget segment — ExtremeSwitching X435. This new series of switches is an upgrade to the Summit X430 lineup, […]
GitHub has announced the removal of restrictions on private repositories and the transition of this functionality to being completely free. Any GitHub user can now create private repositories for free with an unlimited number of collaborators. Previously, GitHub allowed free connections for no more than three developers to private repositories, which were intended for the development of non-public or confidential projects, access to which is provided […]
The FESCo (Fedora Engineering Steering Committee), responsible for the technical side of Fedora distribution development, has approved a proposal for the implementation of the ELN (Enterprise Linux Next) project, aimed at providing an environment based on the Fedora Rawhide repository, which can be used to test the functionality of future releases of the RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) distribution. A new buildroot and build process will be prepared for ELN […]
Hello everyone! In the previous article dedicated to exploring Power Automate and Logic Apps, we looked at some of the capabilities of using Power Automate. In this article, I would like to focus on several usage scenarios of Logic Apps and some differences from Power Automate. As we previously established, Power Automate and Logic Apps are twin services that only differ in domain […]
Hello everyone! In the last article focused on studying Power Automate and Logic Apps, we examined the key differences between Power Automate and Logic Apps. Today, I would like to move further and showcase interesting capabilities that can be achieved with these products. In this article, we will explore several cases that can be implemented with Power Automate. Microsoft Power […]
Forestlight Games and PlayWay have announced The Pope: Power & Sin — a simulator where players will take on the role of the head of the Catholic Church at the end of the medieval era. In this project, users will expand their influence, accumulate wealth, address the public, and more. The accompanying trailer shows how the player kills the Pope and assumes that position. Then […]
Cisco has released Snort 2.9.16.0, a free intrusion detection and prevention system that combines signature matching methods, protocol inspection tools, and mechanisms for detecting anomalies. The new release introduces an early HTTP data inspection mode that operates before standard handlers trigger. To activate this mode, the fast_blocking option in the HTTP inspection settings block should be used. […]
Let's highlight several hidden pitfalls, including those related to loops, if expressions, and deployment methodologies, as well as more general issues concerning Terraform in general: the count and for_each parameters have limitations; there are deployment restrictions with zero downtime; even a good plan can fail; refactoring can have its own traps; eventual consistency aligns… with delay. The parameters […]