Daily Shaarli

All links of one day in a single page.

March 7, 2021

HTTP Benchmark Tools
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Extensive list of HTTP benchmark tools.

OpenSSH 8.5

This OpenSSH release enables the UpdateHostKeys option by default to assist the client by automatically migrating to better algorithms if the weak SHA-1 hash algorithm in conjunction with the RSA public key algorithm is still used.

Internet Archive Infrastructure
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Jonah Edwards gives insight into the Internet Archive Infrastructure.

Splitting the Ping
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In this post, the author explains the asymmetry of ICMP ping requests and ways of measuring the difference.

Foundational Distributed Systems Papers

Murat Demirbas compiled a collection of foundational papers in the distributed systems area.

LFS 10.1

Major changes include toolchain updates to glibc-2.33, and binutils-2.36.1.

Zstandard 1.4.9
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This zstd release brings significant performance improvements for the --long mode, a setting designed to improve compression ratio for files with long matches at a large distance.

MySQL from Below
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In this post, the author takes a look at different MySQL workloads on NVME drives.

Google's FLoC Is a Terrible Idea
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This article explains the issues with Google's technology called Federated Learning of Cohorts (FLoC).

Apache AGE

Apache AGE is a PostgreSQL extension that provides graph database functionality.

UTM
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UTM is a full-featured virtual machine host for iOS.

PDF: The State of Enterprise Open Source

»For the third year in a row, "infrastructure modernization" is the top use for enterprise open source software. Furthermore, 64% now cite it as a top use, up from 53% two years ago. This continued popularity isn't really surprising. Linux and other open infrastructure like web servers have long been used to replace proprietary alternatives.«

HTTPWTF
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This post presents some of the less consistent features of HTTP.