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5 Ways Software Load Balancers Facilitate Modern Application Delivery

2020-02-12 KENNETH 0

5 Ways Software Load Balancers Facilitate Modern Application Delivery In the past, achieving a stable, high‑performance application required specialized, proprietary hardware load balancers. These appliances sat in front of applications and web servers, and used policies and algorithms to distribute traffic in an optimized way to backend servers. However, as processor speeds continue to improve and as modern software architectures become the choice of many organizations undergoing digital transformation, software‑based load balancers can provide a good alternative to these specialized, on‑premises appliances. When leveraged correctly, software‑based load balancers are key to enabling DevOps, microservice application architectures, and cloud‑native, hybrid, and multi‑cloud deployments. Here are five reasons why we at Vizuri often implement software load balancers for our customers when modernizing their systems. Reason 1: Enhance Agility Hardware‑based load balancers are expensive, so most organizations use just one (or a few) [ more… ]

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February 2020 security updates are available

2020-02-12 KENNETH 0

February 2020 security updates are available We have released the February security updates to provide additional protections against malicious attackers. As a best practice, we encourage customers to turn on automatic updates. More information about this month’s security updates can be found in the Security Update Guide. The post February 2020 security updates are available appeared first on Microsoft Security Response Center. Source: February 2020 security updates are available

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USN-4277-1: libexif vulnerabilities

2020-02-12 KENNETH 0

USN-4277-1: libexif vulnerabilities libexif vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 19.10 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 ESM Ubuntu 12.04 ESM Summary Several security issues were fixed in libexif. Software Description libexif – library to parse EXIF files Details Liu Bingchang discovered that libexif incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information or cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 ESM, Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-6328) Lili Xu and Bingchang Liu discovered that libexif incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information or cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 ESM, Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-7544) It was discovered that libexif incorrectly handled [ more… ]

Microsoft 365 Developer Day: Dual-screen experiences

2020-02-12 KENNETH 0

Microsoft 365 Developer Day: Dual-screen experiences Today at Microsoft 365 Developer Day: Dual-screen experiences, we showed you our vision for dual screens. We shared how dual-screen devices are optimized for the way you naturally work and want to get things done. We created a device experience that gives you the option to benefit from a larger screen and have two defined screens so you can do more on a single device. We shared how your apps work and how you can optimize for three dual-screen patterns whether you are building apps for Windows, Android, or the Web. Expansive workspaces. This is an opportunity to show more detail as your app spans across two screens and allows you to highlight your content on a bigger, more expansive, canvas. Whether your users are reading an article, scrolling a feed, or browsing a gallery, having more [ more… ]

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USN-4276-1: Yubico PIV Tool vulnerabilities

2020-02-11 KENNETH 0

USN-4276-1: Yubico PIV Tool vulnerabilities Yubico PIV Tool vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Summary Yubico PIV Tool could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator if it received specially crafted input. Software Description yubico-piv-tool – Command line tool for the YubiKey PIV applet Details It was discovered that libykpiv, a supporting library of the Yubico PIV Tool and YubiKey PIV Manager, mishandled specially crafted input. An attacker with a custom-made, malicious USB device could potentially execute arbitrary code on a computer running the Yubico PIV Tool or Yubikey PIV Manager. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS libykpiv1 – 1.4.2-2ubuntu0.1 ykcs11 – 1.4.2-2ubuntu0.1 yubico-piv-tool – 1.4.2-2ubuntu0.1 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. [ more… ]