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What is Windows PowerShell and how is it used? Part 1: Key Features

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Historically, command-line utilities in Unix systems have been better developed than in Windows, but with the advent of a new solution, the situation has changed. Windows PowerShell allows system administrators to automate most routine tasks. With it, one can change settings, stop and start services, and perform maintenance on most installed applications. Considering the blue window as just another command interpreter would be incorrect. […]

Release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.3 and KnotDNS 2.9.3

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The release of the caching DNS server PowerDNS Recursor 4.3 has taken place, responsible for recursive name resolution. PowerDNS Recursor is built on the same codebase as the PowerDNS Authoritative Server, but the recursive and authoritative DNS servers of PowerDNS are developed on different development cycles and are released as separate products. The project's code is distributed under the GPLv2 license. The server provides tools for remote statistics collection, supporting […]

Release of Samba 4.12.0

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On March 3rd, the release of Samba 4.12.0 was announced. Samba is a set of programs and utilities for working with network drives and printers across various operating systems via the SMB/CIFS protocol. It includes both client and server components. It is free software released under the GPL v3 license. Key changes: The code has been cleaned of all cryptographic implementations in favor of external libraries. The main […]

Integration of VueJS+TS project with SonarQube

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In our work, we actively use the SonarQube platform to maintain high code quality. While integrating one of our projects written in VueJs+Typescript, we encountered issues. Therefore, I would like to explain in more detail how we managed to resolve them. This article will discuss, as I mentioned earlier, the SonarQube platform. A bit of theory — what it is about, for […]

How to open comments without drowning in spam

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When your job is to create something beautiful, you don't need to say much about it, as the result is visible to everyone. However, if you are erasing inscriptions from fences, your work goes unnoticed until the fences look decent or until you erase something inappropriate. Any service where you can leave comments, feedback, send messages, or […]

Google Assistant has learned to read web pages aloud

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The Google Assistant virtual assistant for the Android platform is becoming more useful for people with visual impairments as well as those learning foreign languages. Developers have added the capability for the assistant to read aloud the contents of web pages. Google states that this new function combines many of the company's advancements in speech technology. As a result, this feature works more naturally […]

Nightly builds of Firefox have introduced the ability to install websites as applications

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In the nightly builds of Firefox, which will form the basis of the Firefox 75 release, the ability to install and open websites as applications is added, allowing users to work with the site like a regular desktop program. To enable this, you need to add the setting "browser.ssb.enabled=true" in about:config, after which the menu item "Install […]" will appear in the context menu for page actions (the three dots in the address bar).

PowerShell 7.0 shell is now available

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Microsoft has released PowerShell 7.0, the source code of which was opened in 2016 under the MIT license. The new shell version is prepared not only for Windows but also for Linux and macOS. PowerShell is optimized for automating command line operations and provides built-in tools for processing structured data in formats such as JSON, […]

New curl version 7.69

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A new version of the tool for sending and receiving data over the network — curl 7.69.0 — is now available, providing flexible request formatting with parameters such as cookie, user_agent, referer, and any other headers. cURL supports HTTP, HTTPS, HTTP/2.0, SMTP, IMAP, POP3, Telnet, FTP, LDAP, RTSP, RTMP, and other network protocols. An update for the concurrently developed library libcurl has also been released.

LetsEncrypt plans to revoke its certificates due to a software bug

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LetsEncrypt, which offers free SSL certificates for encryption, is forced to revoke some certificates. The issue is related to a software bug in the management software Boulder, used for building the CA. Typically, the DNS CAA record check is carried out simultaneously with the domain ownership confirmation, and most subscribers receive the certificate immediately after verification, but the software developers have made it so that the verification result...

The health of indexes in PostgreSQL from the perspective of a Java developer

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Hello. My name is Vanya, and I am a Java developer. It just so happens that I work a lot with PostgreSQL – I configure databases, optimize their structure, enhance performance, and I even play DBA on weekends. Recently, I've cleaned up several databases in our microservices and developed the java library pg-index-health, which simplifies this process, saves me time, and helps […]

The ability to register phishing domains with similar unicode characters in the name

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Researchers from Soluble have discovered a new way to register domains with homoglyphs, visually similar to other domains but differing due to the presence of characters with different meanings. Such internationalized domain names (IDNs) can initially appear indistinguishable from domains of well-known companies and services, allowing their use for phishing, including obtaining valid TLS certificates for them. […]

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