Category: Administration

Check Point Gaia R81 is now in EA. First Look

The new version Gaia R81 has been released for early access (EA). Previously, upcoming additions were previewed in the release notes. Now, we have the opportunity to see this in real life. A standard setup has been assembled with a dedicated management server and gateway. Naturally, we haven’t had the chance to conduct full tests, but we are ready […]

Easy Monitoring of DFS Replication in Zabbix

Introduction With a sufficiently large and distributed infrastructure using DFS as a single point of access to data and DFSR for data replication between data centers and branch servers, the question of monitoring the status of this replication arises. It just so happened that almost immediately after starting to use DFSR, we began implementing Zabbix with the aim of replacing the existing zoo of various tools and streamlining monitoring […]

Integrating ELK and Exchange. Part 1

I'm starting a series of articles where I want to share my experience connecting Exchange and ELK. This stack will help process large volumes of logs without questioning at what scale traditional logging tools will cease to assist us. Let's get acquainted with a new player in the log arena. Exchange has a rather intricate logging system. The most sought-after logs are tracking logs, which monitor step-by-step progress […]

Anti-formats of the non-ideal DevOps Live

Usually, top-notch speakers who have 'devoured Docker and Kubernetes for breakfast' present at DevOps conferences, sharing their successful experiences with nearly unlimited resources from the corporations they work for. However, DevOps Live 2020 will be slightly different. DevOps blurs the lines between development and infrastructure, and DevOps Live 2020 blurs the boundaries between […]

Feature Selection in Machine Learning

Hello, Habr! We at 'Rexsoft' have translated the article Feature Selection in Machine Learning into Russian. We hope it will be useful for everyone interested in the topic. In the real world, data is not always as clean as business clients often believe. This is why there is demand for data mining and data wrangling. It helps identify missing values and patterns in structured […]

6. NGFW for Small Business. Smart-1 Cloud

Greetings to everyone continuing to read the series on the new generation of NGFW Check Point from the SMB family (1500 series). In part 5, we discussed the SMP solution (management portal for SMB gateways). Today, I would like to talk about the Smart-1 Cloud portal, which positions itself as a SaaS-based Check Point solution, serving as the Management Server in the cloud, so it will […]

Email Migration Between Servers via User Interface Using IMAPSync

This article will discuss a method for migrating email between different servers using the IMAPSync utility through a simple user interface. The destination server must have a mailbox with the required login and password. Before using IMAPSync, it is essential to install it (https://imapsync.lamiral.info/#install). Due to the organization’s restriction on using employee mailbox passwords in the script, the migration process is handed over to the user. For […]

AWR: How much does Exadata influence database performance?

With this brief post, I would like to clarify a misunderstanding related to AWR analysis of databases running on Oracle Exadata. For almost 10 years, I've consistently encountered the question: What contribution does Exadata Software make to performance? Or, with newly coined terms: How much does Exadata influence the performance of a specific database? Often, the correct answer to this important question, in my opinion, is provided incorrectly […]

How Graphics Work in Linux: A Review of Various Desktop Environments

This article is about how graphics work in Linux and what components it consists of. It contains a lot of screenshots featuring different implementations of desktop environments. If you find it hard to differentiate between KDE and GNOME, or you can tell them apart but would like to know what other alternatives exist, then this article is for you. It's a review, and while it contains a lot of […]

Creating Your Own Awesome List, or GitHub Instead of a Notebook

Hello, Habr! Probably everyone has that little file where we stash something useful and interesting for ourselves. Links to articles, books, repositories, and manuals. These could be bookmarks in a browser or even just open tabs left for later. Over time, all of this accumulates, links stop working, and most of the materials simply become outdated. And […]

Windows Terminal Preview 1.3: command palette, tab switcher, and much more

We are back with another update for Windows Terminal Preview, which will be available in Windows Terminal in September. Both builds of Windows Terminal can be downloaded from the Microsoft Store or the releases page on GitHub. Check below to learn about the latest features! Command Palette This new feature allows you to search across all commands available in Windows Terminal, similar to […]

How to Use a Simple Utility to Find Vulnerabilities in Code

Graudit supports multiple programming languages and allows the integration of security testing into the software development process. Source: Unsplash (Markus Spiske). Testing is a crucial part of the software development lifecycle. There are many different types of testing, each addressing its own tasks. Today, I want to talk about finding security issues in code. It is evident that in today's realities […]

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