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Hello everyone! Following this article, I want to tell you more about the functionality offered by the Sophos XG Firewall solution and introduce you to the web interface. Commercial articles and documents are good, but it’s always interesting to see how the solution looks in real life. How is everything arranged there? So, let’s get started with the review. This article will show the first part […]
Hello everyone! Today we will discuss how to get enterprise-class products with full functionality for free at home. For home, I use the following features: filtering the web traffic of home users (the modern internet, even with legitimate use, can be treacherous at home); establishing communication between apartments and a summer house (this allows streaming 4K movie multicast from […]
Hello, Habr! In our work, our company often deals with various static code analysis tools (SAST). Out of the box, they all perform moderately. Of course, it depends on the project and the technologies used in it, as well as how well these technologies are covered by analysis rules. In my opinion, one of the key criteria for choosing a SAST tool […]
Element, a company founded by key developers of the Matrix project, announced the acquisition of the chat and instant messaging service Gitter, which was previously owned by GitLab. Gitter is planned to be integrated into the Matrix ecosystem and transformed into a chat platform using Matrix decentralized communication technologies. The amount of the deal has not been disclosed. In May, Element raised $4.6 million from the creators of WordPress. Translation […]
Version 0.9.1 of the libmdbx (MDBX) library has been released, featuring a high-performance, compact embedded key-value database. The libmdbx code is distributed under the OpenLDAP Public License. The current version is a compromise between the intention to release a long-term stable version 1.0 with full C++ support and the reluctance to delay releases due to the unpreparedness for freezing the new C++ API. This release is the result of 9 months […]
After a year of development, the RPM package manager 4.16.0 has been released. The RPM4 project is developed by Red Hat and is used in distributions such as RHEL (including derivative projects like CentOS, Scientific Linux, AsiaLinux, Red Flag Linux, Oracle Linux), Fedora, SUSE, openSUSE, ALT Linux, OpenMandriva, Mageia, PCLinuxOS, Tizen, and many others. Previously, the independent developer team worked on the RPM5 project, which directly […]
How to upgrade network equipment at a large enterprise without halting production? Project manager at Linxdatacenter, Oleg Fedorov, discusses a large-scale project resembling 'open-heart surgery.' In recent years, we have noticed an increased demand from clients for services related to the networking component of IT infrastructure. The need for connectivity among IT systems, services, applications, monitoring tasks, and operational management of businesses […]
Almost four years ago, we started designing a fundamentally new distributed email system, Mailion, intended for corporate communications. Our solution is built on a Cloud Native microservices architecture, capable of supporting over 1,000,000 users simultaneously, and will cater to 100% of the needs of large corporations. During the development of Mailion, the team has grown several times, and […]
In this article, we will look at some nuances of the input-output subsystem and their impact on performance. A couple of weeks ago, I encountered the question of why NVMe on one server is slower than SATA on another. I checked the server specifications and realized it was a trick question: the NVMe was from the consumer segment, while the SSD was from the server segment. It is clear that […]
Today, a network administrator or security engineer spends a lot of time and effort protecting the enterprise network perimeter from various threats, mastering new prevention and event monitoring systems, yet even this does not guarantee full security. Social engineering is actively used by attackers and can lead to serious consequences. How often have you caught yourself […]
Three years ago, Viktor Tarnavskiy and Alexey Milovidov from Yandex spoke on the HighLoad++ stage about how good ClickHouse is and how it doesn’t slow down. Meanwhile, on the adjacent stage, Alexander Zaitsev presented on migrating to ClickHouse from another analytical DBMS, concluding that ClickHouse is indeed good but not particularly user-friendly. When in 2016 the company […]
Nearly all acoustic systems from HARMAN, produced under the JBL brand, are always distinguished by their incredibly attractive design, unique features, and, of course, high sound quality. The latter is typically aimed at a young audience that prefers electronic music genres, pop, rap, hip-hop, and other styles where bass sound is essential. Let's face it—many people love JBL for its expressive bass, […]