ProHoster > Articles on: Yuri Gagarin

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.

The results of the security audit of the PHP codebase have been published

Posted on

The OSTIF (Open Source Technology Improvement Fund) has announced the completion of an independent audit of the core codebase of the PHP project, aimed at enhancing the security of open-source projects. The work was carried out by the French company QuarksLab, which has previously been engaged for audits of OpenVPN, VeraCrypt, and OpenSSL projects. During the audit, 27 issues were identified, of which 17 relate to security, and 10 are associated with […]

The openSUSE distribution has released the Agama 13 alternative installer.

Posted on

The developers of the openSUSE project have introduced the Agama 13 installer, designed to replace the classic installation interface of SUSE and openSUSE, notably separating the user interface from the internal components of YaST. Agama supports the use of various front-ends, such as a web interface for managing installations. The installer’s component code is licensed under GPLv2 and is written in Ruby, Rust, and JavaScript/TypeScript. For testing the new […]

Distortion of authorship for Rust wrapper patches to the DRM subsystem

Posted on

Danilo Krummrich, one of the maintainers of the Nouveau driver, has prepared a set of patches for inclusion in the Linux kernel that implement wrappers over the DRM (Direct Rendering Manager) subsystem, allowing for the creation of graphics drivers in Rust. In his note, Danilo mentioned that the proposed changes are based on the work of Asahi Lina, who developed the drm-asahi driver for Apple GPUs […]

Release of Proxmox VE 8.4, a distribution for managing virtual servers

Posted on

The release of Proxmox Virtual Environment 8.4 has been announced, a specialized Linux distribution based on Debian GNU/Linux, aimed at deploying and managing virtual servers using LXC and KVM, capable of serving as a replacement for products like VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, and Citrix Hypervisor. The size of the installation ISO image is 1.5 GB. Proxmox VE provides tools for deploying a fully functioning virtual […]

Release of OpenSSH 10.0

Posted on

The release of OpenSSH 10.0 has been announced, an open implementation of a client and server for working with the SSH 2.0 and SFTP protocols. Key changes include the removal of support for digital signatures based on the DSA algorithm, whose security level does not meet modern requirements. The costs associated with maintaining the insecure DSA algorithm are not justified, and its removal will encourage the discontinuation of DSA support in other implementations […]

The release of Pale Moon 33.7.0 and Firefox 137.0.1

Posted on

The release of the Pale Moon 33.7.0 web browser has been published, which branched from the Firefox codebase to ensure higher performance, maintain a classic interface, minimize memory consumption, and provide additional customization options. Pale Moon builds are available for Windows and Linux (x86_64). The project code is distributed under the MPLv2 (Mozilla Public License). The project adheres to a classic interface organization, without transitioning to […]

The release of the FreeDOS 1.4 operating system

Posted on

After three years of development, the stable version of the FreeDOS 1.4 operating system has been released, continuing the free alternative to DOS with a set of GNU utilities. The FreeDOS code is distributed under the GPLv2 license. Builds for booting from floppy disks, CDs, and USB flash drives are available, ranging from 17 MB to 638 MB. The FreeDOS project was founded in 1994 and in current realities […]

Alpha release of RPM package manager 6.0

Posted on

The first alpha release of RPM package manager 6.0 has been formed, which will be used in the fall release of Fedora Linux 43. The project is developed by Red Hat and is used in distributions such as RHEL, Fedora, SUSE, openSUSE, ALT Linux, OpenMandriva, Mageia, PCLinuxOS, and Tizen. The project's code is distributed under GPLv2 and LGPLv2 licenses. Version 5 of RPM has been skipped to avoid overlaps with […]

Release of OpenSSL 3.5.0 cryptographic library

Posted on

The OpenSSL 3.5.0 library has been released, implementing SSL/TLS protocols and various encryption algorithms. OpenSSL 3.5 is categorized as a long-term support (LTS) release, with updates released for up to 5 years (until April 2030). Support for previous branches OpenSSL 3.3, 3.2, and 3.0 LTS will continue until April 2026, November 2025, and September 2026 […]

Release of Wayland-Protocols 1.43

Posted on

The release of the wayland-protocols package 1.43 has been published, containing a set of protocols and extensions that complement the basic Wayland protocol and provide necessary capabilities for building composite servers and user environments. Wayland-Protocols 1.43 introduces a new protocol called 'xdg-toplevel-tag', allowing Wayland clients to attach tags to top-level surfaces that the composite server can use to identify windows after the application restarts (for example, the application can set […]

Release of Chrome web browser 135

Posted on

Google has released version 135 of the Chrome web browser. Simultaneously, a stable release of the free Chromium project, which forms the foundation of Chrome, is available. The Chrome browser differs from Chromium by the use of Google logos, a crash notification system, modules for playing protected video content (DRM), an automatic update installation system, continuous Sandbox isolation, the provision of keys to Google API, and transmitting RLZ parameters […]

openrsync from the OpenBSD project is included in macOS

Posted on

In the update for macOS 15.4 published last week, Apple has replaced the rsync utility with an alternative implementation called openrsync, developed by the OpenBSD project. The executable file /usr/bin/rsync in macOS now points to openrsync. It is believed that the reason for this replacement was recent security issues discovered in rsync, efforts to reduce components under copyleft licenses, and the desire to eliminate the outdated version of rsync and update […]

« to the beginning 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 to the end »
Buy reliable website hosting with DDoS protection, VPS VDS servers 🔥 Buy reliable website hosting with DDoS protection, VPS VDS servers | ProHoster