Author: ProHoster

Automatic generation of secrets in Helm

The Mail.ru Kubernetes aaS team translated a short note on how to automatically generate Helm secrets on upgrade. The following text is from the author of the article, CTO of Intoware, a SaaS solutions developer. Containers are cool. At first I was against containers (I'm embarrassed to admit it), but now I fully support the use of this technology. If you're reading this, then I hope you've successfully sailed […]

A short note on an incident with an LSI RAID controller overheating in a server in a cold data center

TL;DR; configuring the operating mode of the Supermicro Optimal server cooling system does not ensure the stability of the MegaRAID 9361-8i LSI controller in a cold data center. We try not to use hardware RAID controllers, but we have one customer who prefers LSI MegaRAID configurations. Today we encountered overheating of the MegaRAID 9361-8i card due to the fact that the platform did not […]

ODROID-N2 Plus single board computer measures 90×90mm

The Hardkernel team has released the ODROID-N2 Plus development board, on the basis of which you can implement various projects in the field of Internet of Things, robotics, etc. The solution is based on the Amlogic S922X Rev.C processor. Its six processing cores feature a big.LITTLE configuration: four Cortex-A73 cores operate at clock speeds up to 2,4 GHz, and two Cortex-A53 cores at up to […]

The characteristics and appearance of the inexpensive smartphone Moto E7 are revealed

Images of the Moto E7 smartphone codenamed Ginna have appeared on the website of the Canadian mobile operator Freedom Mobile, the official presentation of which is expected in the near future. The new product will complement the range of inexpensive devices. As you can see in the renders, the device will receive a display with a small drop-shaped cutout for a single front camera based on a 5-megapixel sensor. The screen size will be 6,2 inches […]

Germany allows Intel to test Mobileye self-driving cars on public roads

The German expert organization TÜV Süd has given Intel subsidiary Mobileye permission to test self-driving cars in Germany on public roads. The tests will begin first in the “automotive capital of Europe” - Munich and then spread throughout Germany - both urban and rural. Intel bought the Israeli company Mobileye in 2017 for an unprecedented […]

Zulip 3.0 and Mattermost 5.25 messaging platforms available

Presented is the release of Zulip 3.0, a server platform for deploying corporate messengers suitable for organizing communication between employees and development teams. The project was originally developed by Zulip and opened after its takeover by Dropbox under an Apache 2.0 license. The server side code is written in Python using the Django framework. The client software is available for Linux, Windows, macOS, Android and […]

ClamAV free antivirus package update 0.102.4

A release of the free anti-virus package ClamAV 0.102.4 has been created, which eliminates three vulnerabilities: CVE-2020-3350 - allows an unprivileged local attacker to organize the deletion or movement of arbitrary files in the system, for example, you can delete /etc/passwd without having the necessary permissions. The vulnerability is caused by a race condition that occurs when scanning malicious files and allows a user with shell access to the system to spoof the target directory […]

Microsoft releases open-source Linux version of ProcMon monitoring tool

Microsoft has published the source code of the ProcMon (Process Monitor) utility for Linux under the MIT license. The utility was originally supplied as part of the Sysinternals suite for Windows and has now been adapted for Linux. Tracing in Linux is organized using the BCC (BPF Compiler Collection) toolkit, which allows you to create efficient BPF programs for tracing and manipulating kernel structures. Ready-to-install packages are built for [...]

Copy protection of documents

There are 1000 and one ways to protect electronic documents from unauthorized copying. But as soon as the document passes into an analog state (according to GOST R 52292-2004 "Information technology. Electronic information exchange. Terms and definitions", the concept of "analog document" includes all traditional forms of representing documents on analog media: paper, photo and motion picture film, etc. An analogue form of presentation can […]

General overview of the service architecture for evaluating appearance based on neural networks

Introduction Hello! In this article, I will share my experience of building a microservice architecture for a project using neural networks. We will talk about the requirements for the architecture, look at various structural diagrams, analyze each of the components of the finished architecture, and evaluate the technical metrics of the solution. Enjoy reading! A few words about the task and its solution The main idea is to evaluate […]

Mail for a domain from Mail.ru and from Yandex: choose from two good services

Hi all. On duty, I now have to look for mail services for the domain, i.e. you need a good and reliable corporate mail, and external. I used to look for video calling services with enterprise capabilities, now it's mail. I can say that there seem to be a lot of services, but in the course of working with most of them some problems arise. […]

Named a new date for the launch of the space telescope James Webb

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced that the James Webb Space Telescope is scheduled to launch next fall. The named device will become the largest and most powerful orbital observatory in history: the size of the composite mirror will reach 6,5 meters. James Webb is one of the most complex and expensive […]