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In previous publications, we mentioned that in the remote electronic voting system we are considering, a cryptographic algorithm known as 'blind digital signature' is used to ensure voter anonymity and confidentiality of voting. In this article, we will explore it in more detail. First, we will look at the well-known and familiar digital signature algorithm that is widely used in various information systems. At its core […]
Hello! My name is Dima, I am the tech lead of the SysOps team at Wrike. In this article, I will explain how to create a user-friendly website and automate its deployment in just 10 minutes for $5 a month. The article is mostly unrelated to the issues we tackle within our team. It's more about my personal experience and impressions from […]
The release of the Manjaro Linux 20.1 distribution has been announced, built on Arch Linux and aimed at beginner users. The distribution is notable for its simplified and user-friendly installation process, support for automatic hardware detection, and installation of the necessary drivers. Manjaro is available in live builds with graphical environments KDE (2.9 GB), GNOME (2.6 GB), and Xfce (2.6 GB). With […]
The release of the new stable branch WebKitGTK 2.30.0 has been announced, the port of the WebKit browser engine for the GTK platform. WebKitGTK allows you to leverage all the capabilities of WebKit through a GNOME-oriented programming interface based on GObject and can be used to integrate web content processing tools into any applications, from specialized HTML/CSS parsers to creating fully functional web browsers. Notable projects using WebKitGTK include Midori […]
An experimental release of the open implementation of WinAPI — Wine 5.17 has been announced. Since the release of version 5.16, 17 bug reports have been closed, and 267 changes have been made. The most important changes: Initial implementation of the NDIS network driver has been proposed. The ADVAPI32 library has been converted to the PE format. Work on restructuring console support has continued. Bug reports related to the operation of games and applications have been closed: […]
In anticipation of the start of the 'MS SQL Server Developer' course, we have prepared another useful translation for you. Graph databases are an important technology for database specialists. I strive to keep up with innovations and new technologies in this field, and after working with relational and NoSQL databases, I see that the role of graph databases is becoming […]
Self-isolation and subsequent remote work have sparked an increased interest in mobile internet, and I've been receiving more questions in comments and private messages about how to set up proper internet access in rural areas. During the pandemic, I noticed that the network load increased not just significantly, but incredibly: the previously available Beeline tower was delivering up to 40 […]
The release of the Deepin 20 distribution has been announced, based on the Debian package base, while developing its own Deepin Desktop Environment (DDE) and around 30 user applications, including the music player DMusic, video player DMovie, messaging system DTalk, and the installer and program center Deepin Software Center. The project is founded by a group of developers from China but has transformed into an international project. The distribution […]
Mozilla has introduced new features for promoting add-ons in the AMO directory (addons.mozilla.org). In a pilot mode from the end of September to the end of November, the program for manual review and assessment of add-ons will be expanded. Since Mozilla does not have the resources to manually review all add-ons, they have launched the Promoted Add-ons program, which allows for expedited review on a paid basis. During […]
Microsoft has announced an extension of the functionality of the WSL2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux), which enables the execution of Linux executable files on Windows. Starting with the Windows Insiders build 20211, WSL2 has added support for mounting file systems from physical disks. A ‘wsl --mount’ command has been proposed, which can also be used to mount a partition with the FS into WSL, not […]
A little over a year ago, I decided to create a web panel for my needs that would allow exporting webpage positions and other statistics from Google Search Console for easy analysis. Now I think it's time to share the tool with the OpenSource community to receive feedback and improve the program. Main features: Allows loading all available statistics on impressions, […]
On September 9, the long beta testing phase concluded, and the final build of the flight simulator X-Plane 11.50 was released. The main innovation in this version is the port of the rendering engine from OpenGL to Vulkan, which significantly increases performance and frame rates under normal conditions (i.e., not just in benchmarks). X-Plane is a cross-platform flight simulator (GNU/Linux, macOS, Windows, as well as Android and iOS) […]