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How to Set Up Puppet Agent on SLES 12 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Puppet Agent on SLES 12

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Set Up Puppet Agent on SLES 12 on SLES 12. SLES 12 (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16) is SUSE’s enterprise-grade Linux distribution. It uses the zypper package manager, AppArmor for mandatory access control, and systemctl for service management. Prerequisites Ensure your SLES 12 system is up to date: zypper […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — xscreensaver — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — xscreensaver — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2015:2053-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2015-8025 Upstream summary: driver/subprocs.c in XScreenSaver before 5.34 does not properly perform an internal consistency check, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock […]

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Windows Server 2016 — Active Directory Domain Services (NTDS) service fails to start — Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 22 November 2019 Affected versions: Windows Server 2016 📖 ~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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FreeBSD 12 — php5-ftp — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — php5-ftp — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 22 November 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: php5 — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2015-4643 CVE-2015-4644 Upstream summary: The PHP project reports: DOM and GD: Fixed bug #69719 (Incorrect handling of paths with NULs). FTP: Improved fix for […]

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FreeBSD 12 — kvirc — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — kvirc — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 22 November 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: kvirc — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2010-2451 CVE-2010-2452 Upstream summary: Two security vulnerabilities have been discovered: Multiple format string vulnerabilities in the DCC functionality in KVIrc 3.4 and 4.0 have […]

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Proxy Design Pattern — step-by-step Programming tutorial on Progressive Robot

Proxy Design Pattern

URL: https://www.progressiverobot.com/proxy-design-pattern/ Proxy Design pattern is one of the Structural design pattern and in our opinion one of the simplest pattern to understand. Proxy Design Pattern ![proxy design pattern](images/proxy-design-pattern-section-1.png) Proxy design pattern intent according to GoF is: Provide a surrogate or placeholder for another object to control access to it. The definition itself is very […]

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How to Configure OpenDKIM with Postfix on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure OpenDKIM with Postfix on FreeBSD 12

Introduction How to Configure OpenDKIM with Postfix on FreeBSD 12 is a core administration task for any FreeBSD 12 server operator. FreeBSD 12 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 […]

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FreeBSD 12 — sdl2_image — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — sdl2_image — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 22 November 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: SDL2_image — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2019-5051 CVE-2019-5052 CVE-2019-5057 CVE-2019-5058 CVE-2019-5059 CVE-2019-5060 Upstream summary: SDL_image developers report: Fixed a number of security issues: TALOS-2019-0820 TALOS-2019-0821 TALOS-2019-0841 TALOS-2019-0842 TALOS-2019-0843 TALOS-2019-0844 Table […]

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Placing, Spanning, and Density in CSS Grid — step-by-step DevOps tutorial on Progressive Robot

Placing, Spanning, and Density in CSS Grid

The most common thing you learn in CSS Grid is usually related to the grid container and rather than the grid items. A generic grid definition applied to the grid container is enough for a basic layout structure. However, when you need more control over the contents of the grid, the grid container is limited its uses. Each grid item’s size is predefined and you need to find a way to size them relatively to other items in the grid container.

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