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The editors at HOSTING.cafe and I have decided to compile a list of discounts from hosting providers for Black Friday. 90% off all virtual hosting services with a monthly or quarterly order. 75% off hosting or VPS servers, $30 off dedicated servers. 70% off for 6 months when ordering hosting or backup hosting services. 70% off hosting, 50% off [ … ]
Backing up important data is essential. But what if work needs to continue immediately, and every minute counts? At Acronis, we decided to explore how quickly we could achieve system startup. This is the first post in the Active Restore series, where I will share how we started the project in collaboration with Innopolis University, what we found […]
Here is the promised 'other story'. Challenge If four years ago I had been asked: 'How can newcomers in an IT department/company be trained?'—I would have instantly responded: 'By the method of “the monkey sees — the monkey does,” meaning pair the newbie with a more experienced employee and let them observe how typical tasks are performed.' This approach worked for me before, it […]
Introduction In the first part of the article, we provided a brief description of the encrypted SNI (eSNI) mechanism. We showed how it can be used to evade detection by modern DPI systems (using Beeline's DPI and the banned Roskomnadzor Rutracker as examples), and explored a new variant of domain fronting based on this mechanism. In the second part of the article, we will move on to more practical aspects that will be useful […]
Tomorrow is 'Black Friday' — for online projects, this means peak loads on the website. Even giants may struggle to handle them, as happened with Amazon on Prime Day in 2017. We decided to provide some simple examples of working with virtual servers to avoid mistakes and not greet people with a 503 page or, worse, […]
The DevOps sphere is evolving very rapidly. The DevOpsDays Moscow team has compiled a list of channels and chats for those interested in DevOps and wanting to stay updated. We also read these channels and even manage some of them. For convenience, we have divided all communities into groups: general, tools, news, and those absent in Telegram. We hope you find it useful. […]
Hello to all Habr users! I want to share a story about a pressing issue because I don't know where else to complain. About six months ago, I started changing my equipment, tired of the Apple life. It seemed to me, and still seems, that the folks in Cupertino have begun to slow down technological advancements. We've all heard about the scandalous news; I won't repeat it. I started ruthlessly selling […]
"Stolen image from the West meant to grab attention" In our previous articles, we discussed how to work with VDS on Windows Server Core 2019 on our new UltraLight plan for 99 rubles per month. We offer another way to use this plan. This time, we will talk about what to choose if you need a VPN for lazy users […]
The American nonprofit organization The Internet Society (ISOC) is selling its assets, including the operator Public Interest Registry (PIR), which manages the .org domain zone. Established in the "public interest" for public organizations, the domain zone is passing into the hands of the commercial firm Ethos Capital for an undisclosed sum. The deal is expected to close in Q1 2020 (see press release). Thus, the registry of 10 […]
Welcome to a new series of articles, this time on the topic of incident investigations, specifically — malware analysis using Check Point forensics. Previously, we published several video tutorials on working with Smart Event, but this time we will examine forensic reports for specific events across different Check Point products: SandBlast Network SandBlast Agent SandBlast […]
Open API and fingerprint login. What's new in the Cloud-Clout security application The Cloud-Clout application for secure data storage and sharing in the cloud is opening its API. A frame from the series 'Silicon Valley' Good day, Habr! First of all, the developers of the application want to thank all Habr users for their feedback on the first publication in the Cloud-Clout blog. They have carefully read all the comments and responded […]
Hello, Habr readers! Have you ever faced a situation where you really wanted to virtually transport yourself to another city, country, or continent? I find myself needing this quite often, so the ability to have my own VPN server that I can set up anywhere in a matter of seconds has been a pressing requirement. In this article, I want to share my project that […]