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How to Configure Static IP on FreeBSD 13 — step-by-step FreeBSD 13 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Static IP on FreeBSD 13

Introduction How to Configure Static IP on FreeBSD 13 is a core administration task for any FreeBSD 13 server operator. FreeBSD 13 ships with the 15.0-RELEASE kernel, ZFS as the default root filesystem, Capsicum capability sandboxing improvements, and an updated ports tree. Unlike Linux distributions, FreeBSD uses rc(8) for service management, pf for packet filtering, […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — qt5-qtbase — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — qt5-qtbase — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2022-1796)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 13 October 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2022-1796 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-38593 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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openSUSE Tumbleweed — hiredis — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — hiredis — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2021:1536-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2021-32765 CVE-2020-7105 Upstream summary: Hiredis is a minimalistic C client library for the Redis database. In affected versions Hiredis is vulnurable to integer overflow if […]

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IBM AIX 7.1 — CVE-2021-29737 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.1

IBM AIX 7.1 — CVE-2021-29737 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 30–90 min  Last verified: 13 October 2021 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.1 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: NVD CVE-2021-29737, IBM Support Bulletin CVE: CVE-2021-29737 NVD summary: IBM InfoSphere Data Flow Designer Engine (IBM InfoSphere Information Server 11.7 ) component has improper validation of the REST API server certificate. IBM X-Force […]

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How To Rewrite URLs with mod_rewrite for Apache on Debian 8 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Rewrite URLs with mod_rewrite for Apache on Debian 8

The mod_rewrite module allows us to rewrite URLs in a cleaner fashion, translating human-readable paths into code-friendly query strings or redirecting URLs based on additional conditions. This guide is split into two parts. The first sets up an example website and covers a simple rewrite example. The second part contains two more in-depth examples of commonly-used rewrite rules.

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How To Reset Your MySQL or MariaDB Root Password — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Reset Your MySQL or MariaDB Root Password

Forgetting passwords happens to the best of us. If you forget or lose the root password to your MySQL or MariaDB database, you can still gain access and reset the password if you have access to the server and a sudo-enabled user account. This tutorial will cover how to…

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How to Configure NIC Teaming on Windows Server 2016 — step-by-step Windows Server 2016 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure NIC Teaming on Windows Server 2016

How to Configure Teaming Network Adapters on Windows Server 2016 Network adapter teaming, also known as NIC teaming or Load Balancing/Failover (LBFO), allows you to combine multiple physical network adapters into a single logical interface. On Windows Server 2016, NIC teaming is a built-in feature that provides increased bandwidth, redundancy, and fault tolerance. When one […]

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