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The release of the cryptographic library Botan 2.12.0 is now available, used in the NeoPG project, a fork of GnuPG 2. The library provides a large collection of ready-made primitives used in the TLS protocol, X.509 certificates, AEAD ciphers, TPM modules, PKCS#11, password hashing, and post-quantum cryptography (hash-based signatures and key agreement based on McEliece and NewHope). The library is written in C++11 and is provided under […].
Introduction Hello, Habr users. Recently, I was working on a test task for a QA Lead position at a fintech company. The first task, to create a test plan with a complete checklist and examples of test cases for testing an electric kettle, is trivial: GOST 7400-81. Electric kettles and household electric samovars. Technical conditions (with Changes No. 1-8) GOST IEC 60335-1-2015 Household and similar electrical appliances. Safety.
A bullet is a compensation system. Nothing supernatural, the idea is straightforward, and results are quick to appear. The name wasn’t created by me; it was coined by the owner of the company where this system was implemented. He listened to the arguments and features and simply said, "This is a Bullet!" He likely meant that he liked the system, rather than anything else.
On October 9, the official project website announced the release of NixOS 19.09, codenamed Loris. NixOS is a distribution with a unique approach to package management and system configuration. The distribution is built on a "functionally pure" package manager Nix and its own configuration system using a functional DSL (Nix expression language), allowing a declarative description of the desired system state. […]
It all started a little over a year ago, in July 2018, when the first hardware device from Yandex was introduced — the ‘smart’ speaker Yandex.Station, indexed as YNDX-0001. Before we could properly marvel at it, devices from the YNDX series, equipped with the proprietary voice assistant Alice (or designed to work with it), began pouring out like a cornucopia. And now, for testing […]
Cisco has released Snort 2.9.15.0, a free intrusion detection and prevention system that combines signature matching techniques, protocol inspection tools, and mechanisms for anomaly detection. The new release includes the ability to identify RAR archives and files in egg and alg formats in transit traffic. New debugging calls for outputting information about detection have also been implemented […]
As is known, at the recent Surface event, Microsoft presented a version of Windows 10 for an entirely new category of computing devices. This refers to dual-screen foldable devices that combine features of both laptops and tablets. Specialists believe that the Windows 10X operating system (Windows Core OS) is intended not only for this category. The fact is that Windows […]
It might seem easy for IT engineers. They earn well and easily move between employers and countries. But it’s not that simple. The ‘typical IT specialist’ has been glued to the computer since school, then further in university, graduate school, and postgraduate studies… Then comes the work, work, work, years of production, and only then relocation. And then more work again. Of course, from the outside, it may seem […]
The release of KnotDNS 2.9.0 has been published, a high-performance authoritative DNS server (the resolver is implemented as a separate application), supporting all modern DNS features. The project is developed by the Czech registry CZ.NIC, written in C, and distributed under the GPLv3 license. KnotDNS is distinguished by its focus on high-performance request processing, utilizing a multithreaded and mostly non-blocking implementation, well-scalable for […]
Today, Yandex's shares sharply fell in price amid discussions in the State Duma regarding a bill on significant information resources, which proposes to impose restrictions on foreigners' rights to own and manage internet resources that are significant for the development of the infrastructure. According to the RBC resource, within an hour from the start of trading on the American NASDAQ exchange, Yandex's shares dropped by more than 16%, and their price […]
An official post appeared on Microsoft’s blog that clarifies the timelines and readiness for the release of the fall update for Windows 10. It also announces the official name — November 2019 Update. Previously, this build was referred to as Windows 10 (1909) or Windows 10 19H2. It is expected that the final version number will be 18363.418. It is reported that November […]
Recently, the Linux version of the free email client BlueMail was released. You might think that yet another email client for Linux is unnecessary, and you would be completely right! Since the source code is not available, your emails could be accessed by countless people—from the developers of the client to some of their associates. So, what makes BlueMail special? No one really knows. What it's built on is also […]