Author: Yuri Gagarin

Release of the open P2P file synchronization system Syncthing 1.2.0

The release of the automatic file synchronization system Syncthing 1.2.0 has been introduced, where synchronized data is not uploaded to cloud storage but directly replicated between user systems when they are online simultaneously, using the developing project protocol BEP (Block Exchange Protocol). The Syncthing code is written in Go and is distributed under the MPL open license. Ready builds have been prepared for Linux, Android, […]

Release of GnuPG 2.2.17 with changes to thwart attacks on key servers

The release of GnuPG 2.2.17 (GNU Privacy Guard) has been published, compatible with OpenPGP (RFC-4880) and S/MIME standards, providing utilities for data encryption, working with digital signatures, key management, and access to public key repositories. It is important to note that the GnuPG 2.2 branch is positioned as a developing release, continually adding new features, while the 2.1 branch only allows for corrective fixes. […]

Release of Tails 3.15 distribution and Tor Browser 8.5.4

The release of the specialized Tails 3.15 distribution (The Amnesic Incognito Live System), based on the Debian package base and designed for secure anonymous internet access, is now available. Anonymous internet access in Tails is facilitated by the Tor network. All connections, except for traffic through the Tor network, are blocked by a packet filter by default. To store user data in persistent mode between sessions, […]

Do you want to lose weight and learn IT on your own? Ask me how.

There is an opinion I often encounter — that it's impossible to learn independently; you need professionals to guide you along this thorny path — to explain, check, and control. I will try to refute this assertion, and for that, as is known, it's enough to provide at least one counterexample. History has examples of great autodidacts (or simply, self-taught individuals): archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann (1822–1890) or […]

Retiring at 22

Hi, I’m Katya, I haven’t worked for a year. I worked a lot and burned out. I quit and didn’t look for a new job. A thick financial cushion provided me with an indefinite vacation. I had a great time, but I also lost some skills and psychologically aged. What is life like without work, and what should one not expect from it? Read below.

Vulnerability of the screen lock in Astra Linux Special Edition (Smolensk)

In this article, we will examine a very interesting vulnerability in the 'domestic' operating system Astra Linux, so let's begin... Astra Linux is a specialized operating system based on the Linux kernel, created for comprehensive information protection and the establishment of secure automated systems. The manufacturer develops a basic version of Astra Linux — Common Edition (general purpose) and its modification Special Edition […]

14,000 versts is no obstacle

These were time machines: spoked wheels, mechanisms unusual for modern automotive production, special tires, rare parts, intricate breakdowns, and infinitely diverse, unique designs. On June 24, 103 retro cars were in our city, and by July 7, they had already finished in Paris. We decided to not just make a photo report, but to provide a detailed account of the rally, some of the cars, and the speed races […]

DevOps Metrics – Where to Get Data for Calculations

Honestly, Ivan often laughed at the futile efforts of his colleagues in the monitoring department. They were making tremendous efforts to implement metrics requested by the company's management. They were so busy that they didn't want to do anything for anyone else. Meanwhile, the management was never satisfied – they constantly ordered more and more metrics, quickly stopping the use of what […]

Clarity about metrics: how I realized what metrics are and what their main charm is.

Metrics are nonsense, you might say, and you would be right. In some ways. Indeed, when it comes to metrics, the very first metric that comes to mind is traffic. Many love to meditate for hours watching the traffic graph of their website. How cool is it to observe the line bouncing back and forth, back and forth… And even cooler when the traffic of the site […]

Trine Collection: Ultimate Collection Will Also Release on Nintendo Switch

Developers from the Finnish studio Frozenbyte, along with publisher Modus Games, announced the fourth installment of their magical platformer series Trine back in October 2018, with the debut trailer and screenshots released in March 2019. The game will be released this fall on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. Following that, a collection of all four parts titled Trine: Ultimate Collection […]

Mozilla has blocked DarkMatter's Certificate Authority certificates

Mozilla has placed the intermediate certificates of the DarkMatter certificate authority on the certificate revocation list (OneCRL), the use of which leads to a warning in the Firefox browser. The certificates were blocked after a four-month review of DarkMatter's application for inclusion in the Mozilla-supported list of root certificates. Until now, trust in DarkMatter was maintained through intermediate certificates issued by the active certificate authority QuoVadis, but the DarkMatter root certificate […]

Release of FreeBSD 11.3

A year after the release of 11.2 and 7 months since the launch of 12.0, FreeBSD 11.3 is now available, prepared for amd64, i386, powerpc, powerpc64, sparc64, aarch64, and armv6 architectures (BEAGLEBONE, CUBIEBOARD, CUBIEBOARD2, CUBOX-HUMMINGBOARD, Raspberry Pi B, Raspberry Pi 2, PANDABOARD, WANDBOARD). Additionally, images for virtualization systems (QCOW2, VHD, VMDK, raw) and Amazon EC2 cloud environments have been prepared. […]

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