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Despite the many advantages of Palo Alto Networks firewalls, there is surprisingly little material available online about configuring these devices or texts that describe experiences with their implementation. We decided to compile the materials we've accumulated over time while working with this vendor's equipment and share the features we encountered during various projects. To get acquainted with […]
A fresh build of Raspbian — a Debian distribution for Raspberry Pi — has been released. There isn't much of interest, but crucial updates include: Improved performance of SDL and pixman. Overscan (the black border around the edges of the display for resolution alignment) can now be disabled from the initial setup menu. Displaying third-party volumes on the desktop is enabled by default. Enhanced support for wpa_passphrase in the network plugin. Ethtool and rng-tools have been added to the base installation […]
It so happens that in the CIS, a Russian Q&A resource on IT topics called Toster is quite popular. However, it felt like something was missing when I started exploring it more deeply. This led to improvements in the form of a browser extension. Introducing Toster Comfort. Key features: Name: Toster Comfort. User statistics: percentage of questions with solutions; karma from Habr; profile summary […]
How the transformation of Wireless Edge will aid in the development of photorealistic mobile augmented reality systems. Augmented Reality (Extended Reality, XR) already offers users revolutionary capabilities, but achieving even greater realism and a new level of immersion, considering the limitations related to the performance and cooling of thin portable gadgets, is quite a challenge. A look into the future: sleek and stylish augmented reality glasses […]
Google has just launched a reading mode in the Chrome browser for PC and mobile devices. However, this feature is far from new. It has been available in the original Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, and Safari, and now it has also been added to the Chromium-based Edge. Microsoft wants its new browser to include this feature from the very beginning, and […]
Taiwanese company ASUS was one of the key players in the global Android tablet market, but according to cnBeta, citing sources in distribution channels, it has decided to exit this segment. Reports indicate that the manufacturer has already notified partners that they do not intend to release new models. While this information is unofficial, if confirmed, the ZenPad 8 (ZN380KNL) will become […]
This article is dedicated to a comparative analysis of logical entities from the work of German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel's 'Science of Logic' with their counterparts or absence in programming. Entities from 'Science of Logic' are italicized to avoid confusion with commonly accepted definitions of these words. Pure Being If you open the definition of pure being in the book, you will see an interesting line 'without […]
Hello, Habr! I've decided to participate again in testing the products from the 'Dadjet' range, and here is my story about the air quality monitor HAQ from Honeywell. The set includes: a bag, a box, instructions, the device itself, transport shock absorbers, and a Micro USB cable (not sure why it's not Type-C). First thing I did was run the device through lsusb, […]
The developers of the OpenBSD project have released a portable version of the LibreSSL 2.9.1 package, which is a fork of OpenSSL aimed at providing a higher level of security. The LibreSSL project focuses on high-quality support for SSL/TLS protocols by removing unnecessary functionality, adding additional security measures, and undergoing significant codebase cleanup and refactoring. The LibreSSL 2.9.1 release is considered experimental, in which […]
A new stable release of the interface for simplifying network parameter configuration has been presented—NetworkManager 1.18. Plugins for supporting VPNs, OpenConnect, PPTP, OpenVPN, and OpenSWAN are being developed within their own development cycles. Key innovations of NetworkManager 1.18 include: added support for source address policy routing, which was needed after the last release added support for the WireGuard VPN (needed for […]
Why cryptography? I have only a superficial understanding of it. Yes, I read Bruce Schneier's classic work, but that was a long time ago; yes, I understand the difference between symmetric and asymmetric encryption, I know what elliptic curves are, but that's about it. Moreover, the existing cryptographic libraries, with their charming practice of including the full name of the algorithm in each function name […]
According to online sources, last week, thousands of documents containing confidential information belonging to the Mexican embassy in Guatemala were made publicly available. A total of over 4,800 important documents related to diplomatic activities, as well as containing personal data of Mexican citizens, were stolen. The theft of documents is attributed to a hacker known on Twitter as @0x55Taylor. He […]