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The State of the Service Mesh, Part 2: Availability

2019-06-05 KENNETH 0

The State of the Service Mesh, Part 2: Availability In the world of microservices, the pace of change is unyielding but the excitement is surely building, as a critical mass of industry thought leaders and practitioners are moving beyond mere theory and talk. Early‑adopter organizations that have workloads requiring service mesh functionality now want to prove its viability as a production‑ready architecture by implementing actual solutions for some compelling “low hanging fruit” use cases. This post is the second installment in our series on service mesh: In Part 1, we summarize key developments that have taken place in the service mesh space in the past year or so, and enumerate a number of the key application requirements for a service mesh. In a related blog, my colleague Owen Garrett provides guidance on determining whether you really need a service mesh [ more… ]

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USN-4004-2: Berkeley DB vulnerability

2019-06-05 KENNETH 0

USN-4004-2: Berkeley DB vulnerability db5.3 vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 14.04 ESM Summary Berkeley DB could be made to expose sensitive information. Software Description db5.3 – Berkeley DB Utilities Details USN-4004-1 fixed a vulnerability in Berkeley DB. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Berkeley DB incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to read sensitive information. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.04 ESM db5.3-sql-util – 5.3.28-3ubuntu3.1+esm1 db5.3-util – 5.3.28-3ubuntu3.1+esm1 libdb5.3 – 5.3.28-3ubuntu3.1+esm1 libdb5.3-sql – 5.3.28-3ubuntu3.1+esm1 libdb5.3-sql-dev – 5.3.28-3ubuntu3.1+esm1 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References USN-4004-1 CVE-2019-8457 Source: USN-4004-2: Berkeley [ more… ]

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Windows 10 SDK Preview Build 18908 available now!

2019-06-05 KENNETH 0

Windows 10 SDK Preview Build 18908 available now! Today, we released a new Windows 10 Preview Build of the SDK to be used in conjunction with Windows 10 Insider Preview (Build 18908 or greater). The Preview SDK Build 18908 contains bug fixes and under development changes to the API surface area. The Preview SDK can be downloaded from developer section on Windows Insider. For feedback and updates to the known issues, please see the developer forum. For new developer feature requests, head over to our Windows Platform UserVoice. Things to note: This build works in conjunction with previously released SDKs and Visual Studio 2017 and 2019. You can install this SDK and still also continue to submit your apps that target Windows 10 build 1903 or earlier to the store. The Windows SDK will now formally only be supported by Visual Studio 2017 and [ more… ]

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USN-4004-1: Berkeley DB vulnerability

2019-06-05 KENNETH 0

USN-4004-1: Berkeley DB vulnerability db5.3 vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 19.04 Ubuntu 18.10 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary Berkeley DB could be made to expose sensitive information. Software Description db5.3 – Berkeley DB Utilities Details It was discovered that Berkeley DB incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to read sensitive information. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 19.04 db5.3-sql-util – 5.3.28+dfsg1-0.5ubuntu0.1 db5.3-util – 5.3.28+dfsg1-0.5ubuntu0.1 libdb5.3 – 5.3.28+dfsg1-0.5ubuntu0.1 libdb5.3-sql – 5.3.28+dfsg1-0.5ubuntu0.1 libdb5.3-sql-dev – 5.3.28+dfsg1-0.5ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 18.10 db5.3-sql-util – 5.3.28+dfsg1-0.1ubuntu0.1 db5.3-util – 5.3.28+dfsg1-0.1ubuntu0.1 libdb5.3 – 5.3.28+dfsg1-0.1ubuntu0.1 libdb5.3-sql – 5.3.28+dfsg1-0.1ubuntu0.1 libdb5.3-sql-dev – 5.3.28+dfsg1-0.1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS db5.3-sql-util – 5.3.28-13.1ubuntu1.1 db5.3-util – 5.3.28-13.1ubuntu1.1 libdb5.3 – 5.3.28-13.1ubuntu1.1 libdb5.3-sql – 5.3.28-13.1ubuntu1.1 libdb5.3-sql-dev – 5.3.28-13.1ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS db5.3-sql-util – 5.3.28-11ubuntu0.2 [ more… ]

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The Month in WordPress: May 2019

2019-06-04 KENNETH 0

The Month in WordPress: May 2019 This month saw the 16th anniversary since the launch of the first release of WordPress. A significant milestone to be sure and one that speaks to the strength and stability of the project as a whole. In this anniversary month, we saw a new major release of WordPress, some exciting new development work, and a significant global event. Release of WordPress 5.2 WordPress 5.2 “Jaco” was released on May 7 shipping some useful site management tools, such as the Site Health Check and PHP Error Protection, as well as a number of accessibility, privacy, and developer updates. You can read the field guide for this release for more detailed information about what was included and how it all works. 327 individual volunteers contributed to the release. If you would like to be a part [ more… ]