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RHEL 8 – auditd Backlog Limit Exceeded and Events Dropped

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 20 October 2019 📖 ~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 & Cross-Refs References & Further […]

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How to Configure Ansible to Manage AIX Nodes on IBM AIX 7.2 — step-by-step IBM AIX 7.2 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Ansible to Manage AIX Nodes on IBM AIX 7.2

Introduction IBM AIX 7.2 is the latest release of IBM’s enterprise-grade UNIX operating system, running on IBM Power Systems hardware. Known for its reliability, security, and performance in mission-critical environments, AIX 7.2 introduces enhanced virtualization, security hardening, and cloud integration features. This guide covers how to configure ansible to manage aix nodes on ibm aix […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — pidgin-otr — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — pidgin-otr — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — 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-2012:0703-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2012-2369 CVE-2015-8833 Upstream summary: Format string vulnerability in the log_message_cb function in otr-plugin.c in the Off-the-Record Messaging (OTR) pidgin-otr plugin before 3.2.1 for Pidgin might […]

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How to Set Up a Go Web Application on SLES 15 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up a Go Web Application on SLES 15

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Set Up a Go Web Application on SLES 15 on SLES 15. SLES 15 (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 15 system is up to […]

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Putting the 'A' in JAMStack With Headless CMS — step-by-step Javascript tutorial on Progressive Robot

Putting the ‘A’ in JAMStack With Headless CMS

Learn JAMStack (Javacscript, APIs, and Markup) best practices, and how to set up your API layer by running headless CMS on cloud servers. Get a brief overview of three the most popular free, open source CMS platforms – Wordpress, Ghost, and Strapi – and how to use them for your backend APIs.

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FreeBSD 12 — linux-f10-libxml — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — linux-f10-libxml — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 20 October 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: libxml2 — Enforce the reader to run in constant memory Related CVEs: CVE-2011-1944 CVE-2011-3202 CVE-2011-3919 CVE-2013-2877 CVE-2014-0191 CVE-2014-3660 CVE-2015-1819 Upstream summary: Daniel Veilland reports: Enforce the reader to run in […]

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How to Configure OpenVPN Server on Debian 9 — step-by-step Debian 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure OpenVPN Server on Debian 9

Introduction Deploying configure openvpn server on debian 9 on a Debian 9 Stretch machine is straightforward thanks to Debian’s policy-compliant packaging. Unlike rpm-based distributions, Debian stores configuration helpers in /etc/default/, uses update-rc.d for older init scripts, and provides dpkg-reconfigure for interactive package configuration. This tutorial stays on the systemd path throughout. Prerequisites Ensure Debian 9 […]

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Kotlin Visibility Modifiers - public, protected, internal, private — step-by-step DevOps tutorial on Progressive Robot

Kotlin Visibility Modifiers – public, protected, internal, private

URL: https://www.progressiverobot.com/kotlin-visibility-modifiers-public-protected-internal-private/ In this tutorial, we'll be discussing the various Visibility Modifiers available in Kotlin programming. Kotlin Visibility Modifiers Visibility Modifiers are modifiers that when appended to a class/interface/property/function in Kotlin, would define where all it is visible and from where all it can be accessed. The setters of properties in Kotlin can have a […]

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