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How to Configure Container Networking on Windows Server 2016 — step-by-step Windows Server 2016 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Container Networking on Windows Server 2016

How to Configure Windows Server 2016 Container Networking Container networking on Windows Server 2016 is managed through the Host Networking Service (HNS) and exposed to Docker through network drivers. Windows supports several networking modes, each suited to different deployment scenarios: NAT for isolated single-host networking, Transparent for direct connectivity to the physical network, L2Bridge and […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — mistral — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — mistral — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 7 November 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7465-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-16848 CVE-2018-16849 CVE-2019-3866 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Mistral incorrectly handled nested anchors in YAML files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a […]

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Python HTTP Client Request - GET, POST — step-by-step Python tutorial on Progressive Robot

Python HTTP Client Request – GET, POST

URL: https://www.progressiverobot.com/python-http-client-request-get-post/ Python HTTP module defines the classes which provide the client-side of the HTTP and HTTPS protocols. In most of the programs, the HTTP module is not directly used and is clubbed with the urllib module to handle URL connections and interaction with HTTP requests. Today we will learn how to use a Python […]

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Gentoo Linux — dev-python/pycrypto — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — dev-python/pycrypto — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202007-62 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-6594 Upstream summary: It was discovered that PyCrypto incorrectly generated ElGamal key parameters. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis […]

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SLES 15 — netcdf-gnu-hpc — multiple vulnerabilities (16 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — netcdf-gnu-hpc — multiple vulnerabilities (16 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 7 November 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2021:3804-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-20005 CVE-2019-20006 CVE-2019-20007 CVE-2019-20198 CVE-2019-20199 CVE-2019-20200 CVE-2019-20201 CVE-2019-20202  +8 more Upstream summary: An issue was discovered in ezXML 0.8.3 through 0.8.6. The function ezxml_decode, while […]

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How To Install MySQL on Ubuntu 14.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install MySQL on Ubuntu 14.04

MySQL is an open-source database management system, commonly installed as part of the popular LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Python/Perl) stack. It uses a relational database and SQL (Structured Query Language) to manage its data.

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How to Configure Hyper-V Checkpoints on Windows Server 2019 — step-by-step Windows Server 2019 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Hyper-V Checkpoints on Windows Server 2019

Introduction to Hyper-V Checkpoints on Windows Server 2019 Hyper-V Checkpoints (formerly called Snapshots) capture the state of a running virtual machine at a specific point in time, allowing you to revert the VM to that state if needed. This is invaluable before applying updates, making configuration changes, testing software installations, or performing any risky operation. […]

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SLES 15 — libsaml9 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — libsaml9 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 7 November 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2017:3234-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2017-16853 Upstream summary: The DynamicMetadataProvider class in saml/saml2/metadata/impl/DynamicMetadataProvider.cpp in OpenSAML-C in OpenSAML before 2.6.1 fails to properly configure itself with the MetadataFilter plugins and does […]

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