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Author: Yuri Gagarin

A technical specialist at ProHoster with over six years of experience in server administration, VPN solutions, and network security. I manage infrastructure setup and support, monitor service stability, and implement solutions to protect client data. I also contribute to performance optimization and compliance with modern security and privacy requirements.

Google has introduced an input substitution blocker against malicious USB devices

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Google has released the utility ukip, which allows tracking and blocking attacks carried out using malicious USB devices that simulate a USB keyboard for covertly injecting fake keystrokes (for example, during an attack, a sequence of keystrokes can be simulated that opens a terminal and executes arbitrary commands). The code is written in Python and is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. The utility runs […]

Mozilla will assist in updating the KaiOS platform (a fork of Firefox OS)

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Mozilla and KaiOS Technologies have announced a partnership aimed at updating the browser engine used in the KaiOS mobile platform. KaiOS continues to develop the Firefox OS mobile platform and is currently in use on approximately 120 million devices sold in over 100 countries. The issue is that KaiOS still employs an outdated browser engine corresponding to Firefox 48, on […]

Debian 8 will be supported for over 5 years

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The LTS Team, responsible for generating updates for the LTS branches of Debian, has announced the possibility of receiving updates for Debian 8 after the standard five-year support cycle ends. Initially, support for the Debian 8 LTS branch was set to end in July 2020, but Freexian expressed its willingness to produce updates addressing vulnerabilities in packages as part of the Extended LTS program. […]

Proton 5.0-4 — the new version of the tool for running Windows games

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On March 11, Valve published information about the release of the new version of the Windows games compatibility package Proton 5.0-4 on its GitHub project page. The project is based on Wine 5.0, with the main goal being to run games developed for Windows OS that are available in the Steam catalog. Key changes in the new version: Fixed bugs in the functionality of the Electronic Arts Origin launcher. […]

Support for Debian 8 has been extended beyond the standard 5 years

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Developers of the LTS branches of the distribution (LTS Team) Debian 8 Jessie announced their intention to extend support for Debian 8 beyond the standard 5 years. Initially, support for the eighth version of the distribution was planned until July 2020. Extended support will be provided by the company Freexian as part of the 'LTS Extended' program. Under the extended support, a limited set of packages will be maintained, supporting […]

Fundamentals of Reliable Data Transmission

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Dedicated to those who wish to understand networks and protocols. Briefly This article discusses the fundamentals of reliable data transmission, with examples implemented in Go, including UDP and TCP. Inspired by the books 'Computer Networks. A Top-Down Approach' as all discussions focus only on Tanenbaum and Olifer. Transport Layer Protocol Provides logical connectivity between application processes, […]

Networks for the novice IT specialist. A must-have foundation.

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About 80% of us who graduate from university with any IT specialty do not become programmers in the end. Many find jobs in technical support, as system administrators, repair technicians, sales consultants for digital devices, managers in the IT field, and so on. This article is just for those 80% who have just graduated from university with an IT specialty and have already begun monitoring job vacancies, […]

Implementation of the Reliable Udp Protocol for .Net

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The internet has changed significantly. One of the core internet protocols, UDP, is used by applications not only for delivering datagrams and broadcasting but also for facilitating peer-to-peer connections between nodes in the network. Due to its simple design, this protocol has developed many unplanned applications; however, its drawbacks, such as lack of guaranteed delivery, remain.

Valve has released Proton 5.0-4, a package for running Windows games on Linux.

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Valve has published the first release of the new branch of the Proton 5.0 project, which is based on the developments of the Wine project and aims to enable the launch of gaming applications created for Windows on Linux, available in the Steam catalog. The developments are distributed under the BSD license. Proton allows you to directly run Windows-only gaming applications in the Steam Linux client. The package includes...

Release of the GNOME 3.36 desktop environment.

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After six months of development, the GNOME 3.36 desktop environment has been released. Compared to the previous release, approximately 24,000 changes have been made with contributions from 780 developers. Specialized Live builds based on openSUSE and Ubuntu have been prepared for quick evaluation of GNOME 3.36's capabilities. Key innovations include a separate Extensions application designed for managing GNOME add-ons.

Release of the SDL 2.0.12 multimedia library.

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The release of SDL 2.0.12 (Simple DirectMedia Layer) has taken place, aimed at simplifying game and multimedia application development. The SDL library provides tools such as hardware-accelerated output for 2D and 3D graphics, input handling, sound playback, 3D output via OpenGL/OpenGL ES, and a variety of other auxiliary operations. The library is written in C and distributed under the zlib license. To utilize the capabilities of […]

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