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How to Install Go on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Go on RHEL 8

Go (also called Golang) is a statically typed, compiled language designed for simplicity and performance, making it an excellent choice for building web services, CLI tools, and DevOps utilities on Linux servers. Unlike interpreted runtimes, Go compiles to a single self-contained binary with no external dependencies, which simplifies deployment significantly. In this tutorial you will […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS GRUB menu missing after dual-boot changes

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 30 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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openSUSE Tumbleweed — xalan-j2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — xalan-j2 — 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-2014:0870-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2014-0107 Upstream summary: The TransformerFactory in Apache Xalan-Java before 2.7.2 does not properly restrict access to certain properties when FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING is enabled, which allows remote […]

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How to Install Rancher on Debian 9 — step-by-step Debian 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Rancher on Debian 9

Introduction Deploying install rancher 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 You will need a […]

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

SLES 15 — valgrind — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 30 October 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2016-6131 Upstream summary: The demangler in GNU Libiberty allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop, stack overflow, and crash) via a […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — cyrus-imapd — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — cyrus-imapd — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2019-1771)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 30 October 2019 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2019-1771 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-11356 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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openSUSE Tumbleweed — bird — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — bird — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2019:2178-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-16159 Upstream summary: BIRD Internet Routing Daemon 1.6.x through 1.6.7 and 2.x through 2.0.5 has a stack-based buffer overflow. The BGP daemon's support for RFC […]

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How To Configure Packet Filter (PF) on FreeBSD 12.1 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Configure Packet Filter (PF) on FreeBSD 12.1

PF is a renown firewall application that is maintained upstream by the security-driven OpenBSD project. It is more accurately expressed as a packet filtering tool, hence the name, and it is known for its simple syntax, user-friendliness, and extensive features. In this tutorial you’ll build a firewall from the ground up on a FreeBSD 12.1 server with PF. You’ll design a base ruleset that can be used as a template for future projects.

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