October 2020 - Page 25 of 69

How to Set Up Windows Hello for Business on Windows Server 2016

• October 21, 2020
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How to Configure Windows Server 2016 Windows Hello for Business Windows Hello for Business (WHfB) is Microsoft’s enterprise-grade implementation of FIDO2-compatible strong authentication, replacing traditional passwords with cryptographic credentials protected by hardware (TPM) and user gestures such as PIN, fingerprint, or facial recognition. Windows Server 2016 provides the infrastructure components necessary to deploy WHfB for […]

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Docker Explained: How To Containerize Python Web Applications

• October 21, 2020
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In this the cloud provider article, we’ll talk about “containerizing” Python web applications in order to have them in very secure sandboxes, absolutely kept within their own environments (unless you explicitly “link” them to another). In order to achieve this, we’ll see about creating a docker container to host a Python web application step-by-step, finally bootstrapping our build processes with a Dockerfile to fully automate it.

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Architecting Hardware for Small Language Models (SLMs): Running Private Enterprise AI Locally

• October 20, 2020
• Artificial Intelligence
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A practical infrastructure guide for running small language models on private enterprise servers with the right CPU, GPU, memory, storage, network, and operations design.

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Oracle Linux 8 — dotnet3.1 security and bugfix update (ELSA-2021-2037)

• October 20, 2020
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🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2021-2037 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-31204 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS – service fails due to missing systemd unit dependency – Fix & Prevention

• October 20, 2020
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🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 20 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 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 […]

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IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-2020-4548 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

• October 20, 2020
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🟢 Low   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: NVD CVE-2020-4548, IBM Support Bulletin CVE: CVE-2020-4548 NVD summary: IBM Content Navigator 3.0.7 and 3.0.8 is vulnerable to improper input validation. A malicious administrator could bypass the user interface and send requests to […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Stuck at GRUB Prompt After Kernel Cleanup

• October 20, 2020
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🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 19 May 2026 Affected versions: 16.04 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 & […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Cron Jobs Not Running Under systemd Timers

• October 20, 2020
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🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 20 May 2026 Affected versions: 20.04 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 & […]

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How to Set Up Puppet Agent on Oracle Linux 8

• October 20, 2020
• Oracle Linux
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Introduction Setting up set up puppet agent on oracle linux 8 on a Oracle Linux 8 server is a common task for system administrators, DevOps engineers, and site reliability engineers. This guide explains how to Set Up Puppet Agent on Oracle Linux 8, with all the commands you need, the SELinux and firewalld considerations to […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — wavpack — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

• October 20, 2020
• Linux
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🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4682-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-35738 Upstream summary: It was discovered that WavPack incorrectly handled certain WAV files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or cause a […]

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