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A brief excerpt from the draft law amending Federal Law No. 152-FZ dated July 27, 2006, "On Personal Data" (152-FZ). With these amendments, 152-FZ will "allow trading" Big Data and strengthen the rights of personal data operators. Readers may find it interesting to focus on key points. For a detailed analysis, it is recommended to read the original source. As noted in the explanatory memorandum: The draft law was developed […]
Experimental builds of Chrome Canary have added support for the HTTP/3 protocol, which implements a layer for enabling HTTP over the QUIC protocol. The QUIC protocol was directly added to the browser five years ago and has since been used to optimize work with Google's services. Notably, the variant of QUIC used in Chrome differs in some details from the version in […]
An update to the Solaris 11.4 SRU 13 operating system has been published, which includes a series of new fixes and improvements for the Solaris 11.4 branch. To install the proposed fixes in the update, simply run the command ‘pkg update’. The new release includes: A Hotplug framework for the hot removal of SR-IOV PCIe devices. The commands "evacuate-io" and "restore-io" have been added for the removal and replacement of devices in ldm; […]
A study conducted by ESET indicates that the vast majority of users of the World Wide Web continue to prefer pirated materials. According to the survey, 75% of users shy away from legal content due to its high price. Another drawback of legal services pointed out by one in three respondents (34%) is their incomplete range of offerings. Approximately 16% of those surveyed reported inconvenient payment systems. […]
One of our teams at the semifinals in Novosibirsk had to learn the principles of mobile development from scratch in order to complete the hackathon task. When we asked them, 'How do you find such a challenge?', they shared that the hardest part was fitting what they had worked on for 36 hours into a five-minute presentation and a few slides. Publicly defending their project is tough. Even harder is […]
On September 17, 2019, version 4.11.0 was released — the first stable release in the Samba 4.11 branch. Key features of the package include: Full implementation of a domain controller and AD services, compatible with Windows 2000 protocols and capable of servicing all Windows clients up to Windows 10 File server Print server Winbind identification service Features of the 4.11.0 release: The default software uses a process launch model […]
On September 19, 2019, the release of the application server NGINX Unit 1.11.0 took place. Key features include: The server has built-in capability for serving static content without referring to an external HTTP server. Thus, application servers are intended to be turned into full-fledged web servers with integrated tools for building web services. To serve content, it is sufficient to specify the root directory in the settings { "share": "/data/www/example.com" } and […]
Canary deployment is a very effective method for testing new code on a subset of users. It significantly reduces the traffic load that might cause issues during the rollout, as it only occurs within a specific subgroup. This note is dedicated to how to organize such a deployment using Kubernetes and deployment automation. It is assumed that you have some knowledge of Helm and […]
At the beginning of the 21st century, a resource such as IPv4 addresses was on the verge of exhaustion. As early as 2011, the IANA allocated the last five remaining /8 blocks from its address space to regional internet registries, and by 2017, they ran out of addresses as well. The catastrophic shortage of IPv4 addresses led not only to the emergence of the IPv6 protocol but also to the SNI technology, which […]
— I want to level up and take Cisco's CCNA courses, then I could restructure the network, making it cheaper and more reliable, maintaining it at a new level. Will you help with the payment? — the sysadmin, having worked for 7 years, looks at the director. — I'll train you, and you'll leave. Am I a fool? Go ahead, keep working, — is the expected reply. The sysadmin goes back to his place, opens […]
This post originated from a comment on an article here on Habr. It was a fairly ordinary comment, except that several people suggested it would be great to turn it into a separate post, and MyCircle published the very comment separately in their VK group with a sweet introduction about our recent publication with the report […]
The release of Samba 4.11.0 has been announced, continuing the development of the Samba 4 branch with a fully functional implementation of the domain controller and Active Directory service, compatible with Windows 2000 implementation and capable of servicing all supported Microsoft versions of Windows clients, including Windows 10. Samba 4 is a multifunctional server product that also provides file server implementation, print services, and identity server (winbind). Key changes […]