Skype outage due to bad log-in mechanisms
On 16th August 2007, the Skype peer-to-peer network became unstable and suffered a critical disruption. According to official blog post it was windows update service: The disruption was triggered by a...
View ArticleDownload of the day: Linux kernel 2.6.24
The Linux kernel version 2.6.24 has been released and available for download. From the announcement: The release is out there (both git trees and as tarballs/patches), and for the next week many kernel...
View ArticleDownload of the day: Linux Kernel 2.6.25
Linux kernel 2.6.25 has been released and available for download from the official website. After nearly three months of development and the merging of over 12,000 patches from almost 1200 developers,...
View ArticleGoogle Removed An Open Source Project After DMCA Complaint
Google has removed an open-source project that enables the proprietary CoreAVC high-definition video decoder to run in Linux.
View ArticleUbuntu Software Update How To
A step-by-step guide for updating Ubuntu Linux software / system and patching system for security updates.
View ArticleProject Spacewalk: Red Hat Open Sourced RHN Software
Spacewalk is an open source (GPLv2) Linux systems management solution. It is the upstream community project from which the Red Hat Network Satellite product is derived.
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Mozilla Patches 8 Security Flaws
Mozilla has released software updates to fix at least 8 security vulnerabilities (3 critical bugs) in its Firefox software for the Windows, Linux, Mac and other platforms. You can now download Firefox...
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A cautionary tale about locking Linux & FreeBSD user accounts
Like every other solo developer and sysadmin, I do stuff using ssh. Some stuff is automated using scripts, and others require ssh login. For example, one of my scripts logs into my Linux and FreeBSD...
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How to protect Linux against rogue USB devices using USBGuard
usbgurd You deployed a perfect firewall and other network security policies preventing unauthorized access to the user's desktop computer over a network. However, you still need to block USB device...
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DNS settings to avoid email spoofing and phishing for unused domain
As you may know, email spoofing allows attackers to pose as someone else to gain illegal profit. For example, I only use webmaster@cyberciti.biz for communication, but someone might create a...
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How To Set Up SSH Keys With YubiKey as two-factor authentication (U2F/FIDO2)
Patreon users download the PDF version. All Linux and Unix servers are managed manually or by automation tools such as Ansible using ssh. For example, say you have a server at Linode or AWS. Then you...
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How to skip ChatGPT from WireGuard or OpenVPN on Linux
nixCraft Patreon supporters can download the PDF version here. ChatGPT (short for Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer) is a chatbot by OpenAI. It provides answers to your queries using learning...
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nvtop – Awesome Linux task monitor for NVIDIA, AMD & Intel GPUs
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View ArticleHow to upgrade FreeBSD 13.1 to 13.2 release
The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team is announcing the availability of FreeBSD version 13.2-RELEASE on 11/April/2023. It is the third release of the stable/13 branches. I updated my FreeBSD version...
View ArticleSetting up VSCode for Ansible Lightspeed AI in Ubuntu 22.04 desktop
Red Hat launched the Ansible Lightspeed Code Assistant Generative AI with IBM Watson Code Assistant in May 2023. This preview is now available to all Ansible users, allowing them to explore the...
View ArticleDebian Linux 12.1 released with Security Updates
Debian Linux project announces the first update of the Debian project's stable distribution, Debian 12 (codename "bookworm") named Debian 12.1. This update mainly addresses security issues and...
View ArticleHow to block AI Crawler Bots using robots.txt file
Are you a content creator or a blog author who generates unique, high-quality content for a living? Have you noticed that generative AI platforms like OpenAI or CCBot use your content to train their...
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sttr – Awesome Linux & Unix tool for transformation of the string
sttr demo The sttr is a free and open-source command-line tool in Golang that lets you easily change and modify text. You can perform transformation operations on the string, such as hashing text,...
View Articlelnav – Awesome terminal log file viewer for Linux and Unix
It is no secret that whether you are a developer or sysadmin, you need to use log files to troubleshoot errors on your Linux and Unix systems. You use tools like grep, tail, cat, or journalctl to view...
View ArticleZFS Raidz Expansion Finally, Here in version 2.3.0
After years of development and testing, the ZFS raidz expansion is finally here and has been released as part of version 2.3.0. ZFS is a popular file system for Linux and FreeBSD. RAIDz is like RAID 5,...
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