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In the previous article, we discussed Nemesida WAF Free ā a free tool for protecting websites and APIs from hacking attacks. In this article, we decided to review the popular vulnerability scanner Wapiti. Scanning a website for vulnerabilities is a necessary measure that, together with source code analysis, allows for an assessment of its security level against compromise threats. A scan of the web resource can be performed […]
Note from the translator: As the number of YAML configurations for K8s environments increases, the need for automated validation becomes more relevant. The author of this review not only selected existing solutions for this task but also examined how they work using an example of a Deployment. It turned out to be quite informative for those interested in this topic. TL;DR: The article compares six static validation tools and […]
The developers of the Matrix client Riot have announced a name change to Element. The company developing the software, New Vector, founded in 2017 by key developers of the Matrix project, has also been renamed to Element, and the hosting of Matrix services in Modular.im is now called Element Matrix Services. The necessity for the name change is due to conflicts with the existing trademark of Riot Games, preventing the registration of their own Riot trademark for […]
The parent company, involved in developing reference implementations of Matrix components, has also been renamed ā New Vector is now Element, and the commercial service Modular, which provides hosting (SaaS) for Matrix servers, is now Element Matrix Services. Matrix is a free protocol for implementing a federated network based on a linear event history. The flagship implementation of this protocol is a messenger that supports VoIP call signaling and […]
Many have surely heard of Anycast. With this method of network addressing and routing, a single IP address is assigned to multiple servers in the network. These servers can even be located in data centers that are far apart. The idea of Anycast is that, depending on the location of the request sources, the data is sent to the closest server (according to the network topology, more precisely ā BGP routing protocol). Thus, […]
On July 10, 2020, the Austrian company Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH released a public beta version of its new backup solution. We have already discussed how to use built-in backup methods in Proxmox VE and perform incremental backups with the third-party solution ā VeeamĀ® Backup & Replicationā¢. Now, with the emergence of Proxmox Backup Server (PBS), the backup process should become […]
In one of the previous articles in our series about the Proxmox VE hypervisor, we already explained how to perform backups using built-in tools. Today, we will show how to use the excellent tool VeeamĀ® Backup & Replicationā¢ 10 for the same purpose. "Backups have a clear quantum essence. Until you attempt to restore from a backup, it exists in superposition. It is both successful and unsuccessful at the same time." […]
Michael Hudson-Doyle from the Ubuntu Foundations Team has announced the decision to remove the popcon (popularity-contest) package from the main Ubuntu lineup. This package was used to transmit anonymized telemetry regarding the downloading, installing, updating, and removing of packages. Reports on the popularity of applications and used architectures were generated based on the collected data, which developers utilized to make decisions about including certain […]
Mozilla has launched the Mozilla VPN service, allowing users to connect up to 5 devices through a VPN for $4.99 per month. Currently, access to Mozilla VPN is open to users in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, Singapore, and Malaysia. The VPN application is available only for Windows, Android, and iOS, with support for Linux and macOS promised to be added later. […]
Google has released version 84 of the Chrome web browser. At the same time, a stable release of the open-source project Chromium, which serves as the foundation for Chrome, is available. The Chrome browser is distinguished by the use of Google logos, a crash notification system, the ability to load Flash on demand, modules for playing protected video content (DRM), an automatic update installation system, and the transmission of RLZ parameters during searches. The next release, Chrome 85 […]
On July 14, 2020, Vicenza, Italy ā Leading global developer of open-source extensions Zextras released its own version of the popular email server Zimbra with downloads from its own repository and support. Zextras solutions add collaboration, communication, storage support, mobile device management, real-time backup and recovery, and multi-tenant infrastructure administration capabilities to the Zimbra email server. Zimbra is […]
How the Apache & Nginx combination is implemented in Timeweb For many companies, Nginx + Apache + PHP is a very typical and common stack, and Timeweb is no exception. However, understanding how it is implemented can be interesting and useful. The use of such a stack is certainly driven by the needs of our clients. Both Nginx and Apache play a special role, each […]