Hello, Habr. This is the second article in the ssh-chat series. What we will do: Add the ability to create custom formatting functions, Add markdown support, Add bot support, Increase password security (hash and salt). Unfortunately, there will be no file sending feature. Custom formatting functions: Currently, the following formatting functions are implemented: @color @bold @underline @hex @box. However, we should add the ability to create […]
Messaging applications share a similar set of features, making it difficult for many of them to attract widespread attention. Currently, a few major players dominate the market, such as WhatsApp, Telegram, and Facebook Messenger. Developers of other applications in this category must seek ways to encourage people to use their products. One such […]
The release of the desktop-oriented distribution GhostBSD 19.09 has been presented, built on TrueOS and offering the MATE user environment. By default, GhostBSD uses the OpenRC initialization system and the ZFS file system. Both live mode operation and installation on a hard drive are supported (using its own installer ginstall, written in Python). Boot images are created for the amd64 architecture (2.5 GB). In […]
On July 26, 2019, Google proposed to reduce the maximum validity period of SSL/TLS server certificates from the current 825 days to 397 days (about 13 months), effectively halving it. Google believes that only full automation in certificate management can eliminate the current security issues often attributed to human error. Therefore, ideally, it is necessary to […]
What happens if you run an intermediate Tor node on your IP address and how long it takes to 'clean' from it afterward. Since the caring Federal Service for Supervision of Communications has started protecting us from unfavorable information, various means to bypass this 'care' have been used. Primarily the Tor browser, but visiting trackers can be somewhat inconvenient — every time you need to enter a password, in […]
Continuation of the translation of a small book: 'Understanding Message Brokers', author: Jakub Korab, publisher: O’Reilly Media, Inc., publication date: June 2017, ISBN: 9781492049296. Previous translated part: Understanding message brokers. Exploring the mechanics of message exchange via ActiveMQ and Kafka. Chapter 1: Introduction. CHAPTER 3 Kafka. Kafka was developed at LinkedIn to overcome some limitations of traditional message brokers and […]
Hello everyone! I've started translating a small book: 'Understanding Message Brokers', by Jakub Korab, published by O'Reilly Media, Inc., publication date: June 2017, ISBN: 9781492049296. From the introduction to the book: '… This book will teach you to think about message exchange systems using brokers by comparing and contrasting two popular broker technologies: Apache ActiveMQ and Apache Kafka. Here, use cases will be discussed […]
In the upcoming release and current beta versions of kernel Linux 5.4, support for the Microsoft exFAT file system driver has appeared. However, this driver is based on an older code from Samsung (branch version 1.2.9). In its own smartphones, the company is already using a version of the sdFAT driver based on branch 2.2.0. Now, information has been released that a developer from South Korea, Park Joo Hyun […]
It seems that autumn is not a good time for Windows 10 developers. Otherwise, it is hard to explain the fact that nearly a year ago, build 1809 displayed a whole bunch of issues, even after being re-released. This includes incompatibility with older AMD graphics cards, issues with Windows Media search, and even crashes in iCloud. However, it seems that the situation is still […]
Last week, developers of the popular password manager LastPass released an update that addresses a vulnerability that could lead to the leak of user data. The issue was announced after it was resolved, and users of LastPass were advised to update their password manager to the latest version. The vulnerability allowed attackers to steal data entered by users on the last visited website. […]
After two months of development, Linus Torvalds presented the release of Linux kernel 5.3. Among the most notable changes: support for AMD Navi GPUs, Zhaoxi processors, and Intel Speed Select power management technology, the ability to use umwait instructions to wait without using cycles, the 'utilization clamping' mode to enhance interactivity for asymmetric CPUs, the pidfd_open system call, the ability to use IPv4 addresses from the 0.0.0.0/8 subnet, the ability [...]
The vim editor fork – Neovim has finally crossed the version 0.4 milestone. Key changes: Added support for floating windows. Demo. Added support for multigrid. Previously, Neovim had a single grid for all created windows, now they are separate, allowing customization of each: changing font sizes, window styles, and adding individual scrollbars. Introduced 'Nvim-Lua [...]