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The release of the APT 2.2 (Advanced Package Tool) package management toolkit has been prepared, incorporating changes accumulated in the experimental branch 2.1. In addition to Debian and its derivatives, APT is also used in some distributions based on the RPM package manager, such as PCLinuxOS and ALT Linux. This new release will soon be integrated into the Debian Unstable branch and […]
On February 20, 1991, Guido van Rossum released the first version of the Python programming language in the alt.sources group, which he had been working on since December 1989 as part of a project to create a scripting language for solving system administration tasks in the Amoeba operating system. This language would be higher-level than C but, unlike the Bourne shell, would provide […]
Mark Kettenis, one of the active developers of OpenBSD, reported the successful boot of OpenBSD in multi-user mode on an Apple device with an M1 processor. Currently, not all changes necessary for operation on M1 have been accepted into the main code repository of OpenBSD, as they are essentially hacks; however, the groundwork has been laid and support for this platform is planned […]
The source texts of the msd (Multi Stream daemon) project have been converted to the BSD license, and the source code has been published on GitHub. Previously, only a shortened version, msd_lite, was distributed, while the main product was proprietary. In addition to changing the license, work has been done to port it to the macOS platform (previously, support was provided for FreeBSD and Linux). The msd program is designed for organizing IPTV streaming […]
A DNS leak has been identified in the Brave web browser, revealing data about onion sites opened in private browsing mode, where traffic is routed through the Tor network. Fixes to address the issue have already been integrated into the Brave codebase and will soon be included in the next stable update. The leak was caused by an ad blocker, which is recommended to be disabled when using Tor. Recently […]
Collabora has released an updated version of the Wayland driver, enabling the direct launch of applications using GDI and OpenGL/DirectX through Wine in a Wayland-based environment, without the need for the XWayland layer, eliminating Wine's dependence on the X11 protocol. Discussions are ongoing with the Wine developers regarding the inclusion of Wayland support in the Wine Staging branch, with subsequent integration into the main Wine version. The new version offers […]
The release of the DXVK 1.8 layer has been formed, providing an implementation of DXGI (DirectX Graphics Infrastructure), Direct3D 9, 10, and 11, operating through the translation of calls to the Vulkan API. To use DXVK, drivers supporting Vulkan API 1.1 are required, such as Mesa RADV 20.2, NVIDIA 415.22, Intel ANV 19.0, and AMDVLK. DXVK can be used to run 3D applications and games in […]
The developers of the BIND DNS server have announced the addition of server support for "DNS over HTTPS" (DoH, DNS over HTTPS) and DNS over TLS (DoT, DNS over TLS) technologies into the experimental 9.17 branch, as well as the XFR-over-TLS mechanism for secure DNS zone content transfer between servers. DoH is available for testing in version 9.17.10, while DoT support has been present since version 9.17.7. […]
Corrective releases of the Python programming language 3.7.10 and 3.6.13 are available, addressing the vulnerability (CVE-2021-3177) that could lead to code execution when processing untrusted floating-point numbers in handlers that call C functions using the ctypes mechanism. The issue also affects Python branches 3.8 and 3.9, but updates for them are currently in candidate status […]
Google has initiated efforts to address issues in open source software caused by unsafe memory operations. According to Google, 70% of security problems in Chromium are due to memory-related errors, such as buffer access after the associated memory has been freed (use-after-free). Microsoft's research also concluded that 70% of all vulnerabilities fixed in […]
Fedora Linux developers announced the formation of a SIG (Special Interest Group) to support the ELN (Enterprise Linux Next) project, aimed at providing continuously built Red Hat Enterprise Linux assemblies based on the Fedora Rawhide repository. The development process for new RHEL branches involves creating a branch from Fedora every three years, which develops separately for some time before being brought to […]
Corrective updates for the stable branches of the DNS server BIND 9.11.28 and 9.16.12, as well as the experimental branch 9.17.10 currently in development, have been released. The new versions fix a vulnerability (CVE-2020-8625) that leads to a buffer overflow and could potentially allow remote code execution by an attacker. No evidence of working exploits has been found so far. The issue is caused by a bug in the implementation of the SPNEGO (Simple and Protected GSSAPI […