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A universal build with 13 distributions has been prepared for PinePhone

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A universal build has been prepared for the PinePhone smartphone, developed by the Pine64 community, which offers 13 Linux distributions. This build significantly simplifies familiarization with the existing editions of distributions and user interfaces for the PinePhone. To run any distribution, it is enough to write a single image (5GiB) to an SD card and select the desired distribution from the boot menu. A specially written bootloader, p-boot, is used for loading. Distributions […]

The implementation of the domain controller in Samba was found to be vulnerable to the ZeroLogin exploit

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The developers of the Samba project have warned users that the recently discovered ZeroLogin vulnerability (CVE-2020-1472) in Windows also manifests in the Samba domain controller implementation. The vulnerability is caused by shortcomings in the MS-NRPC protocol and the AES-CFB8 cryptographic algorithm, and if exploited successfully, it allows an attacker to gain administrator access in the domain controller. The essence of the vulnerability is that the MS-NRPC (Netlogon Remote Protocol) protocol allows […]

VxLAN Fabric. Part 3

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Hi, Habr. I am finishing a series of articles dedicated to the launch of the 'Network Engineer' course from OTUS, focusing on VxLAN EVPN technology for routing within the fabric and using Firewalls to restrict access between internal services. Previous parts of the series can be found at the following links: Part 1 of the series — L2 connectivity between servers Part 2 of the series — Routing between VNIs Part 2.5 of the series — […]

Microsoft has implemented support for root environments for Hyper-V on Linux.

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Microsoft has presented a series of patches for discussion in the Linux kernel developers' mailing list, aimed at enabling the Hyper-V hypervisor to work with a Linux-based root environment that has direct hardware access and is used to run guest systems (similar to Dom0 in Xen). Until now, Hyper-V (Microsoft Hypervisor) only supported Linux in guest environments, but the hypervisor itself was managed from […]

Release of User Environment GNOME 3.38

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After six months of development, the GNOME 3.38 desktop environment has been released. Compared to the previous release, around 28,000 changes were made with the participation of 901 developers. Specialized live builds based on openSUSE and Ubuntu have been prepared for a quick assessment of GNOME 3.38 capabilities. GNOME 3.38 is also included in the preliminary builds of Fedora 33. Starting with the release of GNOME […]

IaaS 152-FZ: So, you need security

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No matter how many myths and legends surround compliance with Federal Law 152-FZ, something always remains in the shadows. Today, we want to discuss the not-so-obvious nuances that both large companies and small businesses might encounter: the subtleties of classifying personal data by categories — when a small online store collects data related to a special category, often without realizing it.

Fall Update ALT p9 Starterkits

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The sixth edition of starter kits is now available on the Ninth Alt platform. The starter kits are suitable for experienced users looking to start working with a stable repository who prefer to define their own list of application packages and configure the system themselves. The starter kits are distributed as composite works under the GPLv2+ license. The images include a basic system, one of the desktop environments, or a set of specialized applications.

Release of the new stable version Tor 0.4.4

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The release of Tor 0.4.4.5 toolkit has been announced, which is used to organize the functionality of the Tor anonymous network. Version 0.4.4.5 is recognized as the first stable release of the 0.4.4 branch, which has been developed over the past five months. The 0.4.4 branch will be supported as part of the regular maintenance cycle — updates will cease nine months from now (in June 2021) or three months after the release of the 0.4.5.x branch.

The development of the Moment.js library, which has 12 million downloads weekly, has been discontinued.

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The developers of the JavaScript library Moment.js have announced the cessation of development and the transition of the project to maintenance mode. This means no further expansion of functionality, freezing of the API, and limited active bug fixes, reflecting changes from the time zone database and maintaining infrastructure for existing users. Moment.js is not recommended for new projects. The Moment.js library provides functions for manipulating time and dates.

GNOME 3.38

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A new version of the GNOME user environment has been released, codenamed 'Orbis' (in honor of the organizers of the online version of the GUADEC conference). Changes include: the GNOME Tour app, designed to help new users acclimate to the environment, is notably written in Rust. Applications for: sound recording, screenshots, and clock settings have been visually revamped. It's now possible to directly modify XML files of virtual machines from Boxes. The main menu has removed […]

Support for black and white lists for metrics on the agent side in Zabbix 5.0

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Support for black and white lists for agent-side metrics Tikhon Uskov, Integration Engineer, Zabbix Security Issues In Zabbix 5.0, a new feature has been introduced that enhances security in systems using the Zabbix Agent and replaces the old EnableRemoteCommands parameter. The enhancement to the security of systems using the agent is due to the fact that the agent can execute a large number of potentially […]

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