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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.

Debian revisits the question of supporting multiple initialization systems

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Sam Hartman, the leader of the Debian project, attempted to resolve the disputes regarding the inclusion of the elogind package in the distribution. In July, the team responsible for preparing releases blocked the inclusion of elogind in the testing branch, as this package conflicts with libsystemd. It is worth noting that elogind provides the necessary interfaces for running GNOME without installing systemd. The project was founded as a fork from […]

Vulnerability in vhost-net allowing bypass of isolation in QEMU-KVM based systems

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Information has been revealed about a vulnerability (CVE-2019-14835) that allows an escape from the guest system in KVM (qemu-kvm) and the execution of arbitrary code in the host environment context within the Linux kernel. The vulnerability has been given the codename V-gHost. The issue allows the guest system to create conditions for a buffer overflow in the vhost-net kernel module (network backend for virtio), which is executed in the host environment. An attack can be […]

Release of Lakka 2.3, a distribution for building game consoles

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The Lakka 2.3 distribution has been released, allowing computers, set-top boxes, or boards like the Raspberry Pi to be transformed into a full-fledged gaming console for running retro games. The project is built as a modification of the LibreELEC distribution, originally intended for creating home theaters. Lakka builds are available for i386, x86_64 (Intel, NVIDIA, or AMD GPUs), Raspberry Pi 1-4, Orange Pi, Cubieboard, Cubieboard2, Cubietruck, […]

Chrome update 77.0.3865.90 with a fix for a critical vulnerability

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Google has released a patch for Chrome browser version 77.0.3865.90. This update addresses four security vulnerabilities. One of the vulnerabilities was classified as critical, allowing an escape from all levels of browser protection and execution of code in the system beyond the sandbox environment. Details about the critical vulnerability (CVE-2019-13685) are not disclosed yet, until users install the update. Other vulnerabilities are classified as […]

Creating a Home Library with Notion and Python

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I've always been curious about how to better organize the books in my e-library. Ultimately, I arrived at a solution with automatic page count and other perks. I invite everyone interested to read more. Part 1. Dropbox All my books are stored in Dropbox. There are four categories into which I divided everything: Textbook, Reference, Fiction, Non-fiction. […]

Kubernetes 1.16 – how to upgrade without breaking anything.

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Today, September 18th, the new version of Kubernetes — 1.16 is being released. As always, we anticipate many improvements and innovations. However, I would like to draw your attention to the Action Required sections in the CHANGELOG-1.16.md file. These sections announce changes that may break your application's functionality, cluster maintenance tools, or require modifications to configuration files. In general, they require […]

Corrective release of Chrome 77.0.3865.90 addressing a critical vulnerability.

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An update to the Chrome browser 77.0.3865.90 is now available, fixing four vulnerabilities, one of which has been classified as critical, allowing an attacker to bypass all browser security layers and execute code on the system outside the sandbox environment. Details regarding the critical vulnerability (CVE-2019-13685) have not yet been disclosed, but it is known to be caused by accessing a freed memory block in handlers related to the interface […]

Release of Clonezilla Live 2.6.3 distribution.

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The release of the Linux distribution Clonezilla Live 2.6.3 is now available, designed for quick disk cloning (only the used blocks are copied). The tasks performed by the distribution are similar to those of the proprietary product Norton Ghost. The size of the distribution's ISO image is 265 MB (i686, amd64). The distribution is based on Debian GNU/Linux and uses code from projects such as DRBL, Partition Image, ntfsclone, partclone, and udpcast. Booting from […]

Release of Memcached 1.5.18 with support for cache persistence across restarts

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The release of the in-memory data caching system Memcached 1.5.18 has taken place, which operates with data in key/value format and is known for its ease of use. Memcached is commonly used as a lightweight solution to speed up the performance of high-load websites by caching access to the database management system and intermediate data. The code is distributed under the BSD license. The new version adds support for preserving cache state across restarts. Memcached now […]

Clonezilla live 2.6.3 has been released

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On September 18, 2019, the release of the live distribution Clonezilla Live 2.6.3-7 took place, aimed at fast and convenient cloning of disk partitions and entire disks. The distribution, based on Debian GNU/Linux, allows for the following tasks: Creating backups by saving data to a file, Cloning a disk to another disk, It allows cloning or backing up both the entire disk and […]

We're not holding back, let's downvote

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Among my 437 posts on Habr, there isn't a single one with a negative rating (or I've just been inattentive), so you can put an end to this nonsense and delete this post; we might even set a record. If I could, I would downvote it myself. But in return, I want you to write in the comments the reason why you usually downvote other posts […]

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