Author: Yuri Gagarin

Audio Effects LSP Plugins 1.1.14 Released

A new version of the LV2 effects package LSP Plugins has been released, designed for sound processing during mixing and mastering of audio recordings. The most significant changes include: The collection of plugins has been expanded with multiband expanders (LSP Multiband Expander plugin series). The DSP code has been significantly optimized for the use of SSE/AVX (i386, x86_64), NEON (ARM-32), and ASIMD (AArch64) instructions. The user interface now integrates support for localization in various languages with the possibility of […]

"Remote Work" with Cisco Router

In light of the latest news about the rapid spread of the COVID-19 virus, many companies are closing their offices and transitioning employees to remote work. Cisco understands the necessity and importance of this process and is ready to fully support our customers and partners. Establishing secure remote access The optimal solution for organizing secure remote access to corporate resources is to use […]

Bare-Metal Provisioning Yourself, or Automatic Server Preparation from Scratch

Hello, I'm Denis, and one of my areas of expertise is developing infrastructure solutions at X5. Today, I would like to share with you how to deploy an automated server preparation system using publicly available tools. In my opinion, this is an interesting, simple, and flexible solution. By preparation, I mean creating a new server out of the box, a fully configured server […]

The Purism Librem Mini nettop is built on a Linux platform.

The Purism project team announced the Librem Mini, a compact desktop computer that uses Intel's hardware platform and an operating system based on the Linux kernel. The device is encased in a housing that measures just 128 × 128 × 38 mm. It is equipped with an Intel Core i7-8565U Whiskey Lake processor, featuring four compute cores capable of processing up to eight instruction threads. The nominal clock frequency is 1.8 GHz, with a maximum […]

The proposed Google software protection against LVI attacks showed a 14-fold decrease in performance.

Zola Bridges from Google proposed a patch with an implementation of SESES (Speculative Execution Side Effect Suppression) protection for the LLVM compiler set, which helps block attacks on the speculative execution mechanism in Intel CPUs, similar to LVI. The protection method is implemented at the compiler level and is based on adding LFENCE instructions, which are inserted before each read instruction by the compiler during machine code generation […]

Deploying ASA VPN Load-Balancing cluster

In this article, I would like to provide a step-by-step guide on how to quickly deploy the most scalable Remote-Access VPN architecture using AnyConnect and Cisco ASA – the VPN Load Balancing Cluster. Introduction: Many companies worldwide, given the current situation with COVID-19, are making efforts to transition their employees to remote work. […]

Linux kernel 5.6 - what to expect in the new version

The release of Linux kernel 5.6 is scheduled for the end of March. In today's material, we discuss the upcoming changes — the new file system, the WireGuard protocol, and driver updates. Photo — lucas huffman — Unsplash The long-awaited VPN protocol David Miller, responsible for the Linux networking subsystem, has decided to include WireGuard in the core. This is a VPN tunnel developed by the cybersecurity company Edge Security. […]

Testing in production: Canary Deployment

The canary is a small bird that sings continually. These birds are sensitive to methane and carbon monoxide. Even at low concentrations of excess gases in the air, they can lose consciousness or die. Gold miners and other miners took canaries with them as an indication: while the canaries sing, work can continue, but if they fall silent—it's time to leave the mine due to gas. Miners often sacrificed the little bird to escape.

The main IT security measures for working from home have been named

Due to the widespread coronavirus epidemic, many organizations are transitioning employees to remote work from home and limiting office activities. In this regard, NordVPN cybersecurity expert Daniel Markuson provided tips for securing remote workspaces. According to Daniel, the top priority when working from home is ensuring the security of corporate data. To this end, the expert advises […]

Itch.io is giving away several dozen indie games for free.

The Itch.io platform has launched the pages "Games to Help You Stay Home" and "Budget Self-Isolation." Here, the portal is giving away several dozen indie projects. Anyone registered on the site can receive them. This promotion is linked to the quarantine announced in many countries around the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At this time, it is unclear how long the giveaway will last, as representatives from Itch.io […]

Pages "Games will help you stay at home" have appeared on Itch.io and

At the beginning of this year, Microsoft released the final version of the Edge browser on the Chromium platform. However, both before and after that, the corporation was involved in development, actively adding new features and modifying existing ones. In particular, this concerns interface elements — buttons, switches, menus, and more. Last year, Microsoft introduced new controls in Chromium to […]

Apple has started selling the Mac Pro Afterburner Card as a standalone device.

In addition to products like the new iPad Pro and MacBook Air, Apple today began selling the MacPro Afterburner Card as a standalone device. Previously, it was available only as an option when ordering the professional workstation Mac Pro, which could be added for $2000. Now, the device can be purchased separately for the same price, allowing any Mac owner […]

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