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Release Finnix 121, a live distribution for system administrators

The release of the Live distribution Finnix 121, based on the Debian package base, is now available. The distribution supports only console operations but contains a good selection of utilities for administrative needs. It includes 591 packages with various utilities. The size of the ISO image is 509 MB. The new version has transitioned to using the Debian testing branch instead of snapshots of stable releases. New components have been included […]

Today is a free day at the Open Source Tech Conference 0nline

Today, August 10, as part of the Open Source Tech Conference Online, a free day is scheduled (registration required). Schedule: 17:15 — 17:55 Vladimir Rubanov / Russia. Moscow / CTO of Software Development / Huawei R&D Russia Open-source and global evolution (in Russian) 18:00 — 18:40 Alexander Komakhin / Russia. Moscow / Senior Software Engineer / Open Mobile Platform Opensource […]

Analysis of the possibility of blocking remote computer management applications over the network, using AnyDesk as an example

When one fine day the boss raises the question: 'Why do some have remote access to their work computer without obtaining additional permissions?', the task arises to 'close' this loophole. There are plenty of applications for remote network management: Chrome Remote Desktop, AmmyAdmin, LiteManager, TeamViewer, Anyplace Control, and others. If 'Chrome Remote Desktop' has an official manual to combat the presence of […]

VeraCrypt 1.24-Update7 update, a fork of TrueCrypt.

A new release of the VeraCrypt project 1.24-Update7 has been published, which develops a fork of the now-defunct TrueCrypt disk encryption system. VeraCrypt is notable for replacing the RIPEMD-160 algorithm used in TrueCrypt with SHA-512 and SHA-256, increasing the number of hashing iterations, simplifying the build process for Linux and macOS, and addressing issues found during the audit of TrueCrypt's source code. At the same time, VeraCrypt provides a compatibility mode with […]

A vulnerability in Ghostscript allows for code execution when opening a PostScript document.

A vulnerability (CVE-2020-15900) has been identified in Ghostscript, a suite of tools for processing, converting, and generating documents in PostScript and PDF formats. This vulnerability could lead to file modifications and execution of arbitrary commands when specially crafted PostScript documents are opened. The use of a non-standard PostScript operator rsearch allows for a uint32_t overflow during size calculation, rewriting memory areas outside the allocated […]

Firefox 81 will feature a new print preview interface.

Nightly builds of Firefox, which will form the basis for the upcoming Firefox 81 release, include a new implementation of the print preview interface. The new print preview interface is notable for opening in the current tab, replacing the existing content (the old print preview interface opened a new window), functioning similarly to the reader mode. Tools for adjusting page formats and output settings are included […]

Jeffrey Knaut is the new leader of the FSF.

On August 5, the Free Software Foundation announced the election of a new president, Jeffrey Knauth – one of the earliest participants in the GNU project (1985), co-founder of the GNU Objective-C project, and a member of the FSF board of directors since 1996. Source: linux.org.ru

5 Stages of Inevitability in Accepting ISO/IEC 27001 Certification: Depression

The fourth stage of emotional response to change is depression. In this article, we will share our experience of navigating the longest and least pleasant stage – the changes in the company's business processes to achieve compliance with the ISO 27001 standard. Anticipation The first question we asked ourselves after selecting the certifying body and consultant was how much time we would realistically need for […]

Google creates an IPv6-only guest network

At a recent online meeting of the IETF IPv6 Ops group, Google network engineer Zhenya Linkova discussed the project to transition Google's corporate network to IPv6-only. One of the steps included converting the guest network to IPv6-only. To access legacy Internet, NAT64 was used, and for DNS – DNS64 on public Google DNS. Naturally, DHCP6 was not used, only […]

uWSGI Recipes: Document Conversion Using LibreOffice

To prepare for document transformation, we will need LibreOffice, uwsgi-python, pylokit, and webob. A ready-made image can also be used, but that is just for starting the uWSGI server, while we'll use nginx to connect to the uWSGI server. The simplest uWSGI application in Python consists of an application function with two arguments: environ and start_response import os # import import pylokit # necessary imports import tempfile […]

Release of the game console emulator RetroArch 1.9.0

A new release of RetroArch 1.9.0 has been published, a frontend for emulating various game consoles, allowing you to run classic games through a simple unified graphical interface. Support is provided for emulators of consoles such as Atari 2600/7800/Jaguar/Lynx, Game Boy, Mega Drive, NES, Nintendo 64/DS, PCEngine, PSP, Sega 32X/CD, SuperNES, etc. Controllers from existing gaming consoles, including Playstation 3, Dualshock […] may be used.

1.5 schemes for domestic IPsec VPN. Testing demo versions

Situation I received a demo of the C-Terra VPN version 4.3 for three months. I want to figure out if my engineering life will be easier after switching to the new version. Today, it’s not difficult; one sachet of 3-in-1 instant coffee should be enough. I will explain how to obtain demos. I will try to collect GRE-over-IPsec and IPsec-over-GRE schemes. How to get the demo From the diagram, it follows that to obtain […]

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