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An experimental release of the open-source Win32 API implementation — Wine 4.15 is available. Since the release of version 4.14, 28 bug reports have been closed and 244 changes have been made. The most significant changes include an initial implementation of the HTTP service (WinHTTP) and the associated API for client and server applications that send and receive requests using the HTTP protocol. Calls such as […]
The ISC consortium has released version 1.6.0 of the Kea DHCP server, which is set to replace the classic ISC DHCP. The project's source code is distributed under the Mozilla Public License (MPL) 2.0, instead of the ISC License previously used for ISC DHCP. The Kea DHCP server is based on BIND 10 technologies and built using a modular architecture that divides functionality into different handler processes. The product includes […]
Two weeks after the discovery of the previous critical issue in Ghostscript, 4 more similar vulnerabilities have been identified (CVE-2019-14811, CVE-2019-14812, CVE-2019-14813, CVE-2019-14817) that allow bypassing the ‘-dSAFER’ isolation mode by creating a link to ‘.forceput’. When processing specially crafted documents, an attacker can access the file system contents and achieve arbitrary code execution on the system (for example, by adding commands to […]
Last time, we talked about the exhaustion of IPv4 — about who owns a small share of the remaining addresses and why that is the case. Today, we discuss the alternative — the IPv6 protocol and the reasons for its slow adoption — some say the high cost of migration is to blame, while others claim the technology is already outdated. / CC BY-SA / Frerk Meyer Who is implementing […]
OJSC 'Russian Railways' ('RZD') announces the testing of the first Russian electric train equipped with an autonomous control system. This concerns a specially modified version of the 'Lastochka' (Swallow). The train is equipped with technology for positioning, communication with the dispatch center, and obstacle detection on the track. The 'Lastochka' can operate on schedule in unmanned mode, and upon detecting an obstacle, it automatically brakes. The test journey […]
Chris Beard announced his departure from the position of CEO of Mozilla Corporation, a role he has held since 2014 following Brendan Eich's departure. Prior to this, Chris led Firefox promotion from 2004, oversaw marketing at Mozilla, represented the project at exhibitions, and headed the Mozilla Labs community. Reasons for his departure include a desire to make a step […]
In the corrective releases of the POP3/IMAP4 server Dovecot 2.3.7.2 and 2.2.36.4, as well as in the add-on Pigeonhole 0.5.7.2 and 0.4.24.2, a critical vulnerability (CVE-2019-11500) was addressed that allows for data to be written outside the allocated buffer by sending specially crafted requests via the IMAP or ManageSieve protocols. This issue can be exploited even before authentication is completed. A working exploit has yet to be prepared, but […]
At the recently held Open Source Technology Summit (OSTS), Josh Triplett, a leading engineer at Intel, spoke about his company's interest in ensuring that Rust reaches 'parity' with the still-dominant C language in the fields of systems and low-level development. In his presentation titled […]
tl — a cross-platform open-source web application (GitLab) for literary translators. The application breaks uploaded texts into segments based on newline characters and arranges them in two columns (original and translation). Key changes: Compile-time plugins for searching words and phrases in dictionaries; Annotations in translation; Overall translation statistics; Today's (and yesterday's) work statistics; […]
On August 15, 2019, Ruby on Rails 6.0 was released. In addition to numerous fixes, the main innovations in version 6 include: Action Mailbox – routes incoming emails to mailbox-like controllers. Action Text – allows for storage and editing of rich text in Rails. Parallel testing – enables the parallel execution of test sets. That is, tests can be run simultaneously. Testing […]
After four years of using systemd, the Debian-based distribution Knoppix has removed the controversial initialization system. This Sunday (August 18*) saw the release of version 8.6 of the popular Debian-based Linux distribution Knoppix. The release is based on Debian 10 (Buster), which was released on July 9, with a number of packages from the testing and unstable branches to ensure support for new graphics cards. Knoppix is one of the first live CDs […]
Perl language developers are discussing the possibility of evolving Perl 6 under a different name. Initially, Perl 6 was suggested to be renamed to "Camelia," but then the focus shifted to the name "Raku" proposed by Larry Wall, which is shorter, associates with the existing perl6 compiler "Rakudo," and doesn’t conflict with other projects in search engines. The name Camelia was proposed as it is an existing name of a mascot and […]