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1. Introduction Every company, even the smallest, has a need for authentication, authorization, and accounting of users (the AAA protocol family). At the initial stage, AAA is quite effectively implemented using protocols such as RADIUS, TACACS+, and DIAMETER. However, with the growth in the number of users and companies, the tasks increase: maximum visibility of hosts and BYOD devices, multi-factor […]
The Vue.js development team has announced the official release of Vue.js 3.0 'One Piece', a significant new release of the framework that, according to the developers, 'provides improved performance, smaller package sizes, better integration with TypeScript, new APIs for addressing large-scale tasks, and a solid foundation for future framework iterations in the long term.' The project's code is distributed under the MIT license. Vue is a progressive […]
A serious vulnerability has been identified in the implementation of the SSDP protocol in Firefox for Android, which is used for discovering network services in the local network. This vulnerability allows an attacker on the same local or wireless network to respond to Firefox's probing requests with a UPnP XML 'LOCATION' message containing intent commands, which can open an arbitrary URI in the browser or trigger handlers of other applications. […]
The default eeprom firmware with a bootloader for Raspberry Pi 4 boards has been enhanced to support booting from USB drives. Previously, Raspberry Pi 4 boards could only boot from an SD card or over the network. Experimental support for USB booting was added in May, but it was unavailable in the default firmware. The initial lack of USB boot capability and […]
Everyone loves alerts. Of course, it's much better to receive a notification when something happens (or gets fixed) than to sit and look at graphs searching for anomalies. There are quite a few tools created for this. Alertmanager from the Prometheus ecosystem and vmalert from the VictoriaMetrics product group. Zabbix notifications and alerts in Grafana. Custom bash scripts and Telegram bots that periodically trigger some […]
MikulĆ”Å” PatoÄka, one of the developers of LVM and the author of several inventions related to optimizing storage system performance, who works at Red Hat, presented in the Linux kernel developers mailing list a new filesystem called NVFS, aimed at creating a compact and fast filesystem for non-volatile memory (NVM, non-volatile memory, such as NVDIMM), combining RAM performance with the capability of […]
Mozilla has decided to shut down the Firefox Send and Firefox Notes services. Firefox Send has officially ceased operations as of today (though access was actually closed back in July), and Firefox Notes will be disabled on November 1. The freed-up resources are planned to be directed towards the development of Mozilla VPN, Firefox Monitor, and Firefox Private Network. The service has been […]
The Gentoo Distribution Kernel project has released new Linux kernel packages. The kernel with applied genpatches, built using the package manager, with default settings or a custom sys-kernel / gentoo-kernel configuration Precompiled (binary) version of gentoo-kernel sys-kernel / gentoo-kernel-bin Unmodified 'vanilla' kernel sys-kernel / vanilla-kernel The main advantage of using Distribution Kernels is the ability to upgrade to new versions during an overall system update […]
You've probably noticed: when facing a long task or a challenging path to a goal, heavy procrastination sets in. The fear of starting to write text, code, focus on your health, or pursue learningā¦ The outcome is simple and incredibly frustrating: time passes, yet nothing changes; you havenāt done anything to ease your life. At some point, it becomes distressing to think about the wasted time […]
At the XDC2020 (X.Org Developers Conference), it was announced that ARM has joined the development process of the Panfrost project, which is working on an open driver for Mali GPUs. ARM has expressed its willingness to provide driver developers with the necessary information and documentation for a better understanding of the hardware and to focus attention on development, without wasting time deciphering puzzles during the reverse engineering of binary drivers […]
The first release of the Simplest Studio program is available, designed for lossless file optimization (FLAC, WAV) and conversion of FLAC, WAV, and MP3 formats. There are 4 different optimization modes available, utilizing an automated smart quality detection mode. The code is written in Python and is distributed under the GPLv3 license. The FFmpeg package is used for content manipulation. Packages have been prepared in […]
The release of the Sculpt 20.08 operating system has been announced, which is being developed based on the Genode OS Framework technologies. This general-purpose operating system will be usable by regular users for everyday tasks. The project's source code is distributed under the AGPLv3 license. A LiveUSB image, sized at 26 MB, is available for download. It supports operation on systems with Intel processors and graphics subsystems with […]