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Linus Torvalds joined the discussion about the possibility of adding support for the Rust programming language to the Linux kernel. Josh Triplett from Intel, who is working on a project to bring Rust up to parity with C in system programming, suggested initially adding an option for Rust support in Kconfig that would not lead to […]
Linus Torvalds accepted changes related to code style guidelines in the Linux 5.8 kernel branch. The third revision of the document concerning the use of inclusive terminology, which was approved by 21 prominent kernel developers, including members of the technical committee of the Linux Foundation, has been accepted. Linus was requested to include changes in kernel 5.9, but he believed there was no reason to wait […]
While searching the internet for software to build your own VPN, you constantly encounter a plethora of guides related to the cumbersome setup and use of OpenVPN, requiring the proprietary Wireguard client; only SoftEther stands out from all this circus with its decent implementation. However, we will talk about the native Windows implementation of VPN – Routing And Remote Access […]
Making a temporary email service truly comfortable for oneself is no easy task. It may seem simple: you Google the query 'temporary email,' find a plethora of websites, choose a mailbox, and go about your Internet activities. However, when you need to use temporary email more often than once a year, it's better to select such a site more carefully. I'm sharing my […]
An extension for PostgreSQL called AGE (AgensGraph-Extension) has been proposed, implementing the openCypher query language for manipulating sets of interconnected hierarchical data forming a graph. Instead of columns and rows, graph-oriented databases use a structure similar to a network, defining nodes, their properties, and the relationships between them. AGE is released under the Apache 2.0 license and was contributed by Bitnine under the auspices of the Apache Foundation […]
Firefox developers have continued to advance the 'HTTPS Only' mode, in which all unencrypted requests are automatically redirected to their secure page versions (replacing 'http://' with 'https://'). In the nightly builds from which Firefox 80 will be released on August 25, a section for controlling the activation of these settings has been added to the browser preferences interface (about:preferences) under the 'Privacy & Security' section […]
Hello, Habr! Today we want to talk about new cyberattacks that have recently been discovered by our cyber defense analytical centers. Below is a discussion about a significant data loss by a silicon chip manufacturer, a story about network shutdowns in an entire city, a bit about the risks of Google notifications, statistics on breaches in the U.S. healthcare system, and a link to Acronis' channel on YouTube. In addition to direct protection […]
Background As a fan of retro hardware, I once bought a ZX Spectrum+ from a seller in the UK. Along with the computer, I received several audio cassettes with games (in original packaging with instructions), as well as programs recorded on cassettes without any special markings. Surprisingly, the data on these 40-year-old cassettes was easily readable, and I managed to load almost all the games […]
After a year of development, the Slackel 7.3 distribution has been released, built on the foundations of the Slackware and Salix projects and fully compatible with the repositories they offer. A key feature of Slackel is the use of the constantly updated Slackware-Current branch. The graphical environment is based on the Openbox window manager. The size of the boot image, which can operate in Live mode, is 1.9 GB (32 and 64 bit). The distribution can […]
The certificate authority Digicert plans to revoke approximately 50,000 EV (Extended Validation) TLS certificates on July 11. The certificates subject to revocation were issued through accredited certificate authorities that do not appear in audit reports. EV certificates confirm the claimed identification parameters and require the certificate authority to verify domain ownership documents and the physical presence of the resource owner. The rules governing the activities of certificate authorities prescribe […]
Corrective releases of the Tor tooling (0.3.5.11, 0.4.2.8, 0.4.3.6, and 4.4.2-alpha) have been released, which is used to operate the anonymous Tor network. The new versions fix a vulnerability (CVE-2020-15572) caused by accessing memory outside the bounds of the allocated buffer. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to initiate a crash of the tor process. The issue only manifests when built with the NSS library (by default, Tor is built with OpenSSL, and […]
Decoding the 2020 report by Bruce Momjian "Unlocking the Postgres Lock Manager". (Note: You can find all the SQL queries from the slides at this link: http://momjian.us/main/writings/pgsql/locking.sql) Hello! It's wonderful to be back here in Russia. I apologize for not being able to come last year, but this year Ivan and I have big plans. I hope […]