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The main branch of nginx 1.17.10 has been released, continuing the development of new features (the parallel stable branch 1.16 will only receive changes related to fixing serious bugs and vulnerabilities). The new version implements a new directive 'auth_delay', allowing an added delay for unauthorized requests with a 401 response code to reduce the intensity of password guessing attacks and protect against attacks manipulating […]
An update for the Solaris 11.4 operating system, SRU 20 (Support Repository Update), has been released, featuring a series of further fixes and improvements for the Solaris 11.4 branch. To install the proposed fixes in the update, simply run the command 'pkg update'. The ICU (International Components for Unicode) package has been updated to version 65.1, fixing nearly a hundred bugs, including updates to versions […]
Corrective releases for the distributed version control system Git 2.26.1, 2.25.3, 2.24.2, 2.23.2, 2.22.3, 2.21.2, 2.20.3, 2.19.4, 2.18.3, and 2.17.4 have been published, addressing a vulnerability (CVE-2020-5260) in the 'credential.helper' handler that causes credentials to be sent to the wrong host when the git client interacts with a repository via a specially formatted URL containing a newline character. This vulnerability can be exploited to organize […]
GitHub has announced the removal of restrictions on private repositories and the transition of this functionality to being completely free. Any GitHub user can now create private repositories for free with an unlimited number of collaborators. Previously, GitHub allowed free connections for no more than three developers to private repositories, which were intended for the development of non-public or confidential projects, access to which is provided […]
The FESCo (Fedora Engineering Steering Committee), responsible for the technical side of Fedora distribution development, has approved a proposal for the implementation of the ELN (Enterprise Linux Next) project, aimed at providing an environment based on the Fedora Rawhide repository, which can be used to test the functionality of future releases of the RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) distribution. A new buildroot and build process will be prepared for ELN […]
Forestlight Games and PlayWay have announced The Pope: Power & Sin — a simulator where players will take on the role of the head of the Catholic Church at the end of the medieval era. In this project, users will expand their influence, accumulate wealth, address the public, and more. The accompanying trailer shows how the player kills the Pope and assumes that position. Then […]
Cisco has released Snort 2.9.16.0, a free intrusion detection and prevention system that combines signature matching methods, protocol inspection tools, and mechanisms for detecting anomalies. The new release introduces an early HTTP data inspection mode that operates before standard handlers trigger. To activate this mode, the fast_blocking option in the HTTP inspection settings block should be used. […]
Bandai Namco Entertainment has announced that the next additional character in the fighting game One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 will be Charlotte Smoothie. She will join the roster of fighters in the summer of 2020, although the exact date has not yet been specified by the developers. According to Twinfinite, referencing the official press release, the developers described the heroine as follows: "Charlotte Smoothie, the 14th daughter and the 35th child in […]
The report on the development of the FreeBSD project from January to March 2020 has been published. Notable changes include: General and system issues The set of GCC compilers has been removed from the FreeBSD-CURRENT source tree, along with unused utilities gperf, gcov, and gtc (device tree compiler). All platforms that do not support Clang have switched to using external build tools installed from the ports. In the base […]
During the global lockdown, users, especially businesses, face the challenge of remote access to personal computers and corporate networks. Getscreen.me is a new solution on the market that allows us to view remote access tools as a cloud service. Yes, your home or office network can be in the cloud with constant access from anywhere. Features of the Getscreen.me solution The main […]
It has been announced that Google plans to make changes to its search engine. According to a message published on the developers' blog, medical organizations offering online consultations will appear in search results. This change will simplify finding telemedicine services, which have seen a significant increase in demand due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Medical organizations offering [...]
Samsung has announced the impending cessation of support for the S Voice voice assistant. According to a notice sent out by the South Korean manufacturer, all services associated with the old voice assistant will cease operation on June 1, 2020. The S Voice assistant should be familiar to people who have long used Samsung devices. It was launched in 2012 but eventually [...]