Category: Blog

We share our experience on how SSDs perform in a RAID setup and which array level is more advantageous.

In the previous material, we already addressed the question of whether RAID is applicable to SSDs, using Kingston drives as an example, but we did so only at a zero level. In this article, we will explore the use cases of professional and home NVMe solutions in the most popular RAID configurations and discuss the compatibility of Broadcom controllers with Kingston drives. Why is RAID needed […]

Attackers steal money through corporate VPN services.

Kaspersky Lab has uncovered a new series of attacks against financial and telecommunications companies based in Europe. The primary goal of the attackers is to steal money. Furthermore, cybercriminals are attempting to penetrate data to access financial information of interest. The investigation revealed that criminals exploit a vulnerability in the VPN solutions implemented across all targeted organizations. This vulnerability allows for the acquisition of data from accounts […]

"New Bylinas". For dev, ops, and curious minds

Due to numerous requests from readers, we are starting a large cycle of articles on the application of serverless computing technology for developing real applications. This cycle will cover the development of applications, testing, and delivery to end users using modern tools: microservice application architecture (in serverless mode, based on OpenFaaS), a Kubernetes cluster for application deployment, and MongoDB, designed for cloud clustering and […]

“50 Shades of Brown” or “How We Got Here”

Disclaimer: this material contains only the author's subjective opinion, filled with stereotypes and conjectures. The facts in the material are presented in the form of metaphors, which may be distorted, exaggerated, embellished, or entirely fabricated. ASM Discussions are still ongoing about who originally started all this. Yes, I am referring to how people transitioned from normal communication […]

The first Microsoft application for Linux Desktop

The Microsoft Teams client is the first Microsoft 365 application released for Linux. Microsoft Teams is a corporate platform that integrates chat, meetings, notes, and attachments into a workspace. Developed by Microsoft as a competitor to the popular corporate solution Slack, the service was introduced in November 2016. Microsoft Teams is part of the Office 365 suite and is distributed through corporate subscriptions. In addition to Office 365 […]

The third candidate for the Wine 5.0 releases

The third candidate for the Wine 5.0 releases, an open implementation of the Win32 API, is now available for testing. The codebase is currently in a freeze before the release, which is expected in early January 2020. Compared to the Wine 5.0-RC2 release, 46 bug reports have been closed and 45 fixes have been made. Bug reports related to the functioning of games and applications have been addressed, including Blood 2: […]

Release of the application server NGINX Unit 1.14.0. Corrective update nginx 1.17.7

The application server release NGINX Unit 1.14 has been formed, which develops a solution for running web applications in various programming languages (Python, PHP, Perl, Ruby, Go, JavaScript/Node.js, and Java). Multiple applications in different programming languages can run simultaneously under NGINX Unit, with launch parameters that can be dynamically modified without needing to edit configuration files and restart. The code […]

Results of the voting on initialization systems in Debian have been summarized

The results of the general resolution (GR) vote among Debian developers involved in package maintenance and infrastructure support have been published, addressing support for multiple initialization systems. The second option ('B') won — systemd remains preferred, but support for alternative initialization systems is still allowed. The voting was conducted using the Condorcet method, where each voter ranks all options in order of their […]

The server CPU Ampere QuickSilver has been introduced: 80 cloud cores ARM Neoverse N1

Ampere Computing has announced the new generation 7nm ARM processor QuickSilver, designed for cloud systems. The new chip features 80 cores with the latest Neoverse N1 microarchitecture, more than 128 PCIe 4.0 lanes, and an eight-channel DDR4 memory controller supporting modules with speeds above 2666 MHz. Additionally, with CCIX support, two-processor platforms can be created. Together, all this should enable the new […]

Predator or prey? Who will protect the certification authorities

What is happening? The topic of fraudulent activities committed using electronic signature certificates has gained significant public resonance recently. Federal media have made it a practice to periodically tell alarming stories about cases of improper use of electronic signatures. The most common crime in this field is the registration of a legal entity or an individual entrepreneur in the name of an unsuspecting Russian citizen. Additionally, it is also prevalent […]

3. Elastic stack: analyzing security logs. Dashboards

In previous articles, we briefly explored the ELK stack and the configuration file settings for Logstash log parsing. In this article, we'll focus on the most essential aspect from an analytics perspective — the visualizations and tables combined into dashboards that you want to see from the system, which is the reason it was all created. Today, we will take a closer look at the visualization system […]

Gateway for UDP between Wi-Fi and LoRa

Creating a gateway between Wi-Fi and LoRa for UDP My childhood dream was to give every domestic 'non-Wi-Fi' device a ticket to the network, i.e., an IP address and port. After some time, I realized it was time to stop delaying. I needed to just go ahead and do it. Technical task: Make a gateway using M5Stack with an installed LoRa module (see Figure 1). The gateway will be connected to […]

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