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Configuring 802.1X on Cisco Switches Using Failover NPS (Windows RADIUS with AD)

Let's consider in practice the use of Windows Active Directory + NPS (2 servers for fault tolerance) + 802.1x standard for access control and authentication of users - domain computers - devices. You can get acquainted with the theory of the standard in Wikipedia, at the link: IEEE 802.1X Since my β€œlaboratory” is limited in resources, the NPS and domain controller roles are compatible, but […]

No Man's Sky: Beyond will change the way players interact with each other

Hello Games has announced that this summer the space action No Man's Sky will receive a free update called Beyond. Beyond will reportedly bring new social and multiplayer features to No Man's Sky, and players will be able to interact with each other "like never before." In addition, the update will offer some new ways to explore the universe. Multiplayer features are just […]

12 GB of RAM will become the norm for flagship smartphones: Samsung launches advanced LPDDR4X modules

Samsung Electronics has announced the mass production of next-generation RAM modules for future flagship smartphones and phablets. We are talking about products LPDDR4X (Low-Power Double Data Rate 4X) with a capacity of 12 GB. They combine six 16-gigabit chips in a single package. The technology used in the production is 10-nanometer class (1y-nm) of the second generation. It is noted that the thickness of the modules is only […]

Account [email protected] found in thousands of MongoDB databases

Dutch security researcher Victor Gevers said he had discovered the Kremlin's hand in an administrative account. [email protected] in more than 2000 open MongoDB databases owned by Russian and even Ukrainian organizations. Among the discovered open MongoDB databases were the bases of Walt Disney Russia, Stoloto, TTK-North-West, and even the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. The researcher immediately made the only possible conclusion [sarcasm] – the Kremlin, through […]

Conditions in Go and their weirdness

Do you think these two options for checking conditions inside a loop are equivalent in performance? if a > b && c*2 > d { …. } // and if a <= b { continue; } if c*2 > d { …. } It all started with a "warm-up for the brain", it was necessary to give an example of the optimal search in the array […]

SoftBank and Toyota investment in Uber robotic cars will help reduce the cost of taxi drivers

Investments and alliances in the nascent self-driving car market continue to amaze. Former deadly competitors start working together, and all this is flooded with unimaginable flows of money. We can certainly expect a relatively quick leap in the development of technologies in the niche of robotic cars, but in the same way, society will have to pay for the other side of this coin: the ancient […]

User Documentation: What makes it bad and how to fix it

Software documentation is just a collection of articles. But even they can get mad. First, you look for the right instruction for a long time. Then you understand the obscure text. You do as it is written, but the problem is not solved. You are looking for another article, you are nervous ... An hour later you spit on everything and leave. This is how bad documentation works. What makes it so, and how to fix it […]

Wargaming and Ukrainian studio Frag Lab announced the development of a β€œnew generation” MMO shooter

Wargaming and Frag Lab have announced the joint development of a β€œnext generation” multiplayer shareware shooter powered by Amazon Lumberyard. The project will reportedly use Amazon GameLift dedicated servers as well as Amazon Web Services products including Amazon Route53, Simple Storage Service, and Elastic Container Service for Kubernetes. β€œAmazon is committed to helping developers get the best […]

Triple camera and screen on the back: Huawei is thinking about a new smartphone

Documentation from the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) suggests that Huawei is designing an all-in-one smartphone with dual displays. As you can see in the images and concept renderings created by the Lets Go Digital resource, the main front screen has a frameless design. An auxiliary display is installed at the rear of the case, which can [...]

Like defects

instead of an epigraph. Most likes are collected by "seals". Can this be considered a sign of an epidemic of toxoplasmosis? In 1636, a certain Frenchman, Pierre de Fermat, by education and profession a lawyer, wrote a treatise "Introduction to the theory of flat and spatial places", where he outlined what is now called analytical geometry. Nobody was interested in his work and he, in modern slang, […]