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How to Configure iptables Packet Filtering on Debian 10 — step-by-step Debian 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure iptables Packet Filtering on Debian 10

Introduction Deploying configure iptables packet filtering on debian 10 on a Debian 10 Buster 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 You will […]

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How To Install R on Debian 10 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install R on Debian 10

An open-source programming language, R is widely used for developing statistical software, performing data analysis and visualization. R offers many user-generated packages for specific areas of study, which makes it applicable to many fields. In this tutorial, we will…

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Oracle Linux 8 — python27:2.7 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — python27:2.7 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2020-4654)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 24 July 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-4654 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-20916 CVE-2019-20907 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 shutdown hangs for several minutes

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 23 July 2020 📖 ~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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Common Problems 117460

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS LVM Volume Does Not Extend

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 23 July 2020 📖 ~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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Understanding Systemd Units and Unit Files — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

Understanding Systemd Units and Unit Files

Increasingly, Linux distributions are adopting or planning to adopt the systemd init system. This powerful suite of software can manage many aspects of your server, from services to mounted devices and system states. In systemd, a unit refers to any resource that the…

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

openSUSE Tumbleweed — nethack — vulnerability — 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-2025:14898-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2020-5253 Upstream summary: NetHack before version 3.6.0 allowed malicious use of escaping of characters in the configuration file (usually .nethackrc) which could be exploited. This […]

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Debian 10 — gst-libav1.0 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 10

Debian 10 — gst-libav1.0 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 23 July 2020 Affected versions: Debian 10 (buster) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker 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 […]

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