Weekly Shaarli

All links of one week in a single page.

Week 31 (August 2, 2021)

Operating Systems

Timeline containing over 830 operating systems.

xpra
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The Open-Source Movement Comes to Medical Datasets
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Linux Kernel Security Done Right
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Suggests for improving Linux Kernel security, e.g. by converting redundant downstream kernel bug-fixing by vendors into greater upstream collaboration.

curlie
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»If you like the interface of HTTPie but miss the features of curl, curlie is what you are searching for.«

Grml 2021.07

Version 2021.07 of the Debian-based live system, primarily targeted at system administrators, was released.

OpenBSD Router Guide
WireGuardNT

The Windows kernel native port of WireGuard was announced.

Cockpit 250

Cockpit 250 comes with basic kpatch support, an improved admin switcher, and VM migration.

Apache Cassandra

Some of the new features are support for Java 11, Virtual Tables, Audit logging, and full query logging.

HTTP/2: The Sequel is Always Worse
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This blog post investigates HTTP/2 implementation issues and some of the resulting security implications.

Kubernetes Hardening Guidance

Kubernetes hardening guide by the NSA and CISA.

The Linux Command Line
ipv6.watch
Refined Blog

List of personal blogs focusing on software.

Calamares
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Distribution-independent installer framework.

FreeBSD Status Report Q2 2021

Amongst other news, the report for Q2 contains information on:

  • A new, web-based installer.
  • LLDB Debugger Improvements.
  • Update of the Linux compatibility layer.
  • pf syncookie support.
  • The RAIDZ expansion update
  • helloSystem
ssh-tools
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Set of helpful SSH tools.

Red Hat OpenShift 4.8
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OpenShift 4.8 brings, among other improvements, an additional OCI-compliant runtime based on Kata Containers, NVIDIA multi-instance GPU, OpenShift Pipelines, IPv6 support, and serverless functions as a technology preview.

The Apple PSI System

Paper about the cryptography and security analysis behind the Apple PSI system.

The Logic Behind Three Random Words
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This blog post gives background information on the three random words password creation advice.

Szyszka
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»Szyszka is a simple but powerful and fast bulk file renamer.«

You Really Shouldn't Roll Your Own Crypto

An empirical study of vulnerabilities in cryptographic libraries.