The release of the distributed document-oriented database Apache CouchDB 3.0, belonging to the NoSQL class, has been announced. The project's source code is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. Improvements made in Apache CouchDB 3.0 include: Strengthening default configuration security. Now, an admin user must be defined at startup, without which the server will shut down with an error (resolves issues with […]
Google has made changes indicating that the Fuchsia operating system is transitioning to the final internal testing stage known as 'dogfooding', meaning that employees use the product in their daily activities before it is released to regular users. At this stage, the product is in a state that has already undergone primary testing by dedicated quality assessment teams. Before delivering the product to the masses, a final check is performed […]
Good day everyone! On February 29, 2020, an official micro-release of the smart-env and python-shell libraries took place. For those who are not aware, I suggest reading the initial post. In short, among the changes are command autocompletion, expanded command execution capabilities, some refactoring, and bug fixes. For details, please read on. What’s new in python-shell? I will start with the main features. […]
This article presents a method of fuzzy induction developed by the author, integrating concepts from fuzzy mathematics and fractal theory. It introduces the notion of the recursion degree of a fuzzy set and provides a description of the incomplete recursion of a set as its fractional dimension for modeling a subject area. As an application domain for the proposed method and the knowledge models created based on it as fuzzy sets, we consider life cycle management […]
Note from the translator: The DNS issue in Kubernetes, specifically regarding the ndots parameter, has surprisingly gained popularity and has been relevant for quite some time. In another note on this topic, its author — a DevOps engineer from a large brokerage firm in India — explains succinctly what is important for colleagues working with Kubernetes to know. One of the main […]
According to online sources, Google plans to add a dark mode option to the Play Store digital content store. Currently, this feature is available to a limited number of smartphone users running Android 10. Previously, Google implemented a system-wide dark mode in the mobile OS Android 10. Once activated in the device settings, applications and services such as […]
The release of the desktop-oriented GhostBSD 20.02 distribution is now available, built on the TrueOS platform and featuring the MATE desktop environment. By default, GhostBSD uses the OpenRC initialization system and the ZFS file system. It supports both Live mode operation and installation on a hard drive (using its own installer ginstall, written in Python). Boot images are provided for the x86_64 architecture (2.2 GB). […]
The release of the wayland-protocols package 1.20 is now available, containing a set of protocols and extensions that enhance the capabilities of the base Wayland protocol and provide essential features for building composite servers and desktop environments. Release 1.20 was generated almost immediately after 1.19 due to the exclusion of certain files (README.md, GOVERNANCE.md, MEMBERS.md) from the archive. The new version updates the xdg-shell protocol, adding the ability to change the position […]
On February 29, the release of SystemRescueCd 6.1.0 took place — a popular live distribution based on Arch Linux for data recovery and partition management. Changes: The kernel has been updated to version 5.4.22 LTS. The tools for working with the btrfs filesystem have been updated to btrfs-progs 5.4.1, xfsprogs 5.4.0, and xfsdump 3.1.9. The keyboard layout settings have been fixed. A kernel module and tools for Wireguard have been added. Download (692 MiB) Source: […]
On February 27, 2020, the free certification authority Let’s Encrypt issued its billionth certificate. In a celebratory press release, project representatives recall that the previous milestone of 100 million issued certificates was celebrated in June 2017. At that time, the share of HTTPS traffic on the internet was 58% (64% in the USA). In the two and a half years since, these figures have significantly increased: “Today, 81% of pages loaded worldwide […]
Information security has separated from telecommunications into an independent industry with its own specifics and equipment. However, there is a little-known class of devices at the intersection of telecom and information security – Network Packet Brokers, also known as load balancers, specialized/monitoring switches, traffic aggregators, Security Delivery Platforms, Network Visibility, and so on. And for us, as a Russian developer and manufacturer […]
Researchers from the Chinese company Chaitin Tech have identified a vulnerability (CVE-2020-1938) in Apache Tomcat, the open-source implementation of Java Servlet, JavaServer Pages, Java Expression Language, and Java WebSocket technologies. The vulnerability has been assigned the codename Ghostcat and a critical severity level (9.8 CVSS). The problem allows, in the default configuration, access to the contents of any files in the directory by sending a request over network port 8009 […]
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