Author: Yuri Gagarin

The release of traffic analyzer Zeek 3.0.0

Seven years after the formation of the last significant branch, the release of the traffic analysis and network intrusion detection system Zeek 3.0.0 has been presented, previously distributed under the name Bro. This is the first major release after the project's renaming, which was carried out because the name Bro was associated with the namesake marginal subculture, rather than the intended authors' hint at "Big Brother" from George […]

Oracle Solaris 11.4 SRU 13 Release

The official company blog has announced information about the latest release of the Oracle Solaris 11.4 SRU 13 distribution. It includes a number of fixes and improvements for the Oracle Solaris 11.4 branch. Notable changes include: The inclusion of the Hotplug framework for the hot removal of SR-IOV PCIe devices. Commands ‘evacuate-io’ and ‘restore-io’ have been added for the removal and replacement of devices in ldm; Oracle Explorer […]

curl 7.66.0: parallelism and HTTP/3

On September 11, a new version of curl was released — a simple CLI utility and library for transferring data over the network. New features include: Experimental support for HTTP3 (disabled by default, requires recompilation with quiche or ngtcp2+nghttp3) Enhancements for SASL authentication Parallel data transfer (key -Z) Handling of the Retry-After header Replacement of curl_multi_wait() with curl_multi_poll(), which should prevent hanging while waiting. Fixes […]

Release of Parrot 4.7 distribution

On September 18, 2019, the Parrot Project blog announced the release of Parrot 4.7. This version is based on the Debian Testing package base. Three versions of ISO images are available for download: two with the MATE desktop environment and one with KDE. What's new in Parrot 4.7: The structure of the security testing utility menu has been redesigned; new application launch modes have been added […]

WEB 3.0 — a second approach to the shell

First, a bit of history. Web 1.0 is a network for accessing content uploaded by site owners. Static HTML pages, read-only access to information, and the main joy being the hyperlinks leading to pages of this and other websites. The typical website format is an informational resource. It marks the era of transferring offline content to the web: digitizing books and scanning images (digital cameras were […]

IoT, fog and cloud: shall we talk about technologies?

The advancement of technology in software and hardware, along with the emergence of new communication protocols, has led to the expansion of the Internet of Things (IoT). The number of devices is growing day by day, and they generate an enormous volume of data. Thus, there is a need for a convenient system architecture capable of processing, storing, and transferring this data. Currently, cloud services are used for these purposes. However, the increasing popularity of […]

I experienced burnout, or How to stop the hamster in the wheel.

Hello, Habr. Not long ago, I read several articles here with valuable recommendations on caring for employees before they 'burn out,' stop delivering expected results, and ultimately become a liability to the company. However, I haven't found any perspectives from 'the other side of the barricade,' that is, from those who have truly experienced burnout and, most importantly, dealt with it. […]

We are porting a multiplayer game from C++ to the web with Cheerp, WebRTC, and Firebase

Introduction Our company, Leaning Technologies, provides solutions for porting traditional desktop applications to the web. Our C++ compiler, Cheerp, generates a combination of WebAssembly and JavaScript, ensuring both ease of interaction with the browser and high performance. As an example of its application, we chose to port a multiplayer game to the web, selecting Teeworlds for this purpose. Teeworlds is a multiplayer 2D retro game […]

Announcement of the Kubernetes Web View web interface (and a brief overview of other web UIs for Kubernetes)

Translator's Note: The author of the original material is Henning Jacobs from Zalando. He created a new web interface for working with Kubernetes, which is positioned as 'kubectl for the web.' Read in his article why this new open-source project emerged and which criteria the existing solutions did not meet. In this publication, I review various open-source web interfaces for Kubernetes, […]

Google launches four new features for Android TV

Google developers have announced four new features that will soon be available to users of televisions running the Android TV operating system. This week, smart TVs from Motorola were introduced in India, which operate based on Android TV. The new features for the Android TV operating system will initially be available to users in India, with plans to roll them out later to […]

Release of the Parrot 4.7 distribution with a set of tools for security testing

The release of the Parrot 4.7 distribution, based on the Debian Testing package base and including a collection of tools for checking system security, forensic analysis, and reverse engineering, has taken place. Three options for iso images are offered for download: with the MATE environment (full 4 GB and slim 1.8 GB) and with the KDE desktop (1.9 GB). The Parrot distribution is positioned as a portable laboratory with […]

Release of the Geary mail client 3.34

The release of the Geary 3.34 email client, designed for use in the GNOME environment, has been announced. Initially, the project was founded by the Yorba Foundation, which created the popular photo manager Shotwell, but later, development was taken over by the GNOME community. The code is written in Vala and is distributed under the LGPL license. Ready builds will soon be prepared for Ubuntu (PPA) and […]

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