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How to Configure Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) on Windows Server 2016 — step-by-step Windows Server 2016 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) on Windows Server 2016

How to Configure Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) on Windows Server 2016 Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) is a software-defined storage technology introduced in Windows Server 2016 that enables you to build highly available and scalable storage systems using local storage on clustered servers. S2D eliminates the need for shared storage hardware such as SAN or NAS, […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libupnp6 — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libupnp6 — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2012-5958 CVE-2012-5959 CVE-2012-5960 CVE-2012-5961 CVE-2012-5962 CVE-2012-5963 CVE-2012-5964 CVE-2012-5965 Upstream summary: Stack-based buffer overflow in the unique_service_name function in ssdp/ssdp_server.c in the SSDP parser in the […]

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Prototype Design Pattern in Java — step-by-step Programming tutorial on Progressive Robot

Prototype Design Pattern in Java

URL: https://www.progressiverobot.com/prototype-design-pattern-in-java/ Prototype design pattern is one of the Creational Design pattern, so it provides a mechanism of object creation. Prototype Design Pattern ![prototype design pattern](images/prototype-design-pattern-in-java-section-1.png) Prototype design pattern is used when the Object creation is a costly affair and requires a lot of time and resources and you have a similar object already existing. […]

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FreeBSD 12 — movemail — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — movemail — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 September 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: emacs — movemail format string vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2005-0100 Upstream summary: Max Vozeler discovered several format string vulnerabilities in the movemail utility of Emacs. They can be exploited when connecting […]

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How To Use Operators in Java — step-by-step Programming tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Use Operators in Java

An operator is one or more symbols in combination — from the well-known arithmetic operators such as minus and plus to the more advanced `instanceof`. When you apply operators on values or variables, you get a result from the operation. In this tutorial, you will use unary, binary, and ternary operators in a range of scenarios.

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FreeBSD 12 — php71-mbstring — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — php71-mbstring — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 3 September 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: oniguruma — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2017-9224 CVE-2017-9226 CVE-2017-9227 CVE-2017-9228 Upstream summary: the PHP project reports: A stack out-of-bounds read occurs in match_at() during regular expression searching. A logical error […]

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How to Monitor Windows Server 2016 with Grafana and InfluxDB — step-by-step Windows Server 2016 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Monitor Windows Server 2016 with Grafana and InfluxDB

How to Set Up Windows Server 2016 with Grafana Grafana is an open-source observability and visualization platform that creates rich, interactive dashboards from diverse data sources including Prometheus, InfluxDB, Elasticsearch, and many others. While Grafana itself is not a monitoring agent, it serves as the visualization and alerting layer when combined with a metrics collection […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — librabbitmq — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — librabbitmq — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2020-4445)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 3 September 2019 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-4445 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-18609 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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