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Kata Containers 3.2 release with virtualization-based isolation

The release of the Kata Containers 3.2 project has been published, developing a stack for container execution utilizing isolation based on full virtualization mechanisms. The project was created by Intel and Hyper by combining the technologies of Clear Containers and runV. The project code is written in Go and Rust and is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. The development of the project is overseen by a working group set up under the auspices of […]

Release of the nDPI 4.8 deep packet inspection system.

The ntop project, which develops tools for traffic capture and analysis, has released the nDPI 4.8 toolkit for deep packet inspection, continuing the development of the OpenDPI library. The nDPI project was founded after an unsuccessful attempt to contribute changes to the OpenDPI repository, which has remained unmaintained. The nDPI code is written in C and is distributed under the LGPLv3 license. The system allows identifying the protocols used in the traffic […]

The openSUSE project has released an alternative installer, Agama 5.

The developers of the openSUSE project have released a new version of the Agama installer (formerly D-Installer), developed to replace the classic installation interface of SUSE and openSUSE, notable for separating the user interface from the internal components of YaST. Agama provides the ability to use various front-ends, such as a front-end for managing installation through a web interface. For installing packages, checking hardware, partitioning disks, and other necessary installation functions, they continue […]

User IP address hiding mode in Chrome browser

Google is set to launch an IP Protection feature in the Chrome browser, designed to hide users' IP addresses from website owners. This new feature could serve as a built-in anonymizer aimed at preventing the tracking of movements and circumventing blocks both at the website level and by communication operators. Technically, the IP Protection implementation involves directing traffic through a proxy server before reaching the target […]

Embox v0.6.0

On October 23, 2023, on its fourteenth birthday, a new version of the open real-time operating system Embox was released. Among the changes: Improved support for ARM architecture Improved support for RISC-V architecture Improved support for AARCH64 architecture Enhanced dev-tree technology Enhanced SPI, I2C, UART subsystems, and others Improved built-in GDB server Enhanced file subsystem Improved device subsystem (block & char […]

Basic Release of BMPOS Core

In Russia, a training platform for system programmers is being developed — BMPOS (Basic Modular Platform for Operating Systems), which is conceived and created as a teaching aid for operating system development with an extensive theoretical and practical foundation. As part of the project, a modular kernel is being developed, fundamentally different from existing kernels and specifically designed for studying the process of operating system development. Code […]

Nightly builds of Firefox have introduced support for machine translation into Russian and Ukrainian.

In the nightly builds of Firefox, on which version 120 will be based, set to release on November 21, the list of language models in the built-in machine translation system, enabled by default since Firefox version 118, has been expanded. In addition to the initially available models for English, Bulgarian, Danish, German, French, Spanish, Polish, Italian, and Portuguese, models for Russian, Ukrainian, Estonian, and […] have been proposed for testing.

Chrome plans to implement a user IP address hiding mode.

Google has begun implementing the IP Protection feature in Chrome, designed to hide the user's IP address from website owners. This new feature can be used as a built-in anonymizer aimed primarily at preventing tracking while also being suitable for bypassing blocks established on both the website and the service provider levels. Technically, the proposed […]

The nghttp3 1.0 library has been released with an implementation of the HTTP/3 protocol.

The first stable release of the nghttp3 project is available, developing a library in C implementing the HTTP/3 protocol. The variant of the library for the HTTP/2 protocol, developed by the same project, serves as the foundation for the mod_http2 module included in the Apache HTTP server. The project's developments are also utilized in the Curl utility. The library code is distributed under the MIT license. The HTTP/3 standard defines the use of the QUIC (Quick […]

The release of the Libreboot boot firmware 20231021.

The release of the free boot firmware Libreboot 20231021 has been unveiled. This update has been assigned the status of a test release (stable releases are published approximately once a year, with the last stable release in June). The project develops a ready-made build from the coreboot project, providing a replacement for proprietary UEFI and BIOS firmwares responsible for initializing the CPU, memory, peripherals, and other hardware components, with minimal binary insertions. Libreboot is aimed at […]

Release of the Apache HTTP server 2.4.58 with fixes for DoS vulnerabilities in HTTP/2

The release of the Apache HTTP Server 2.4.58 has been published, featuring 33 changes and addressing three vulnerabilities, two of which are related to the potential for DoS attacks on systems using the HTTP/2 protocol. CVE-2023-45802 — conditions for memory exhaustion due to delayed memory release after an HTTP/2 stream reset by a packet with the RST flag. As memory is not released immediately after processing […]

The server-side JavaScript platform Node.js 21.0 is now available.

Node.js 21.0 has been released, a platform for running network applications in JavaScript. Support for the Node.js 21.0 branch will last for 6 months. In the coming days, the stabilization of the Node.js 20 branch will be completed, which will achieve LTS status and will be supported until April 2026. Support for the previous LTS branch, Node.js 18.0, will continue until September 2025, and for the earlier LTS branch […]

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