The Stunnel program is designed to work as an SSL encryption wrapper between remote client and local (inetd-startable) or remote server. It can be used to add SSL functionality to commonly used inetd daemons like POP2, POP3, and IMAP servers without any changes in the program’s code. What Stunnel basically does is that it turns any insecure TCP port into a secure encrypted port using OpenSSL package for cryptography.
🟡 Medium ⏱ 10–30 min Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read • Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5389-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-7960 CVE-2017-8834 CVE-2017-8871 CVE-2020-12825 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Libcroco was incorrectly accessing data structures when reading bytes from memory, which could cause a heap buffer […]
Despite being a commercial failure after its first publication, Herman Melville’s allegorical adventure novel Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is today one of the most popular and influential novels in the American canon. In this article, we will analyze several nautically-themed open-source projects and how they pay tribute to the tale.
WordPress is currently the most popular content management system (CMS) in the world. It allows you to easily set up flexible blogs and websites on top of a database backend, using PHP to execute scripts and process dynamic content. WordPress has a large online community for…
🟡 Medium ⏱ 10–30 min Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read • Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2022-1797 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-18898 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance […]
In this tutorial, we will demonstrate how to use cloud provider API to horizontally scale your server setup. To do this, we will use **DOProxy**, a relatively simple Ruby script that, once configured, provides a command line interface to scale your HTTP application server tier up or down.
Introduction to Windows Server 2019 Containers Windows Server 2019 includes native support for containerization, enabling organizations to run applications in isolated, lightweight environments called containers. Unlike virtual machines, containers share the host OS kernel but maintain isolation through namespaces and resource controls. Windows Server 2019 supports two container isolation types: process isolation and Hyper-V isolation. […]
A more reliable way to scale where you move fast, and break less. Learn how to structure your business goals to mitigate potential risk, knock down technical debt, and improve processes.
🔴 Critical ⏱ 5–30 min Last verified: 19 May 2026 Affected versions: 14.04 LTS 📖 ~1 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan Prevention & Hardening Related Errors & […]
🟡 Medium ⏱ 10–30 min Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 1.7045-r0 📖 ~4 min read • Source: Alpine secdb entry — perl-app-cpanminus 1.7045-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-16154 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships perl-app-cpanminus 1.7045-r0 which addresses CVE-2020-16154. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]
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