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How to Set Up Harbor Container Registry on FreeBSD 14 — step-by-step FreeBSD 14 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Harbor Container Registry on FreeBSD 14

Introduction Deploying set up harbor container registry on freebsd 14 on a FreeBSD 14 machine differs from Linux in several important ways: packages come from the FreeBSD Ports Collection or the binary pkg repository, services are registered in /etc/rc.conf via sysrc(8), and firewall rules are written in pf.conf(5) syntax. This tutorial stays entirely within the […]

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FreeBSD 14 — unace — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — unace — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 10 December 2023 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: unace — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2005-0160 CVE-2005-0161 Upstream summary: Ulf Härnhammar reports: There are buffer overflows when extracting, testing or listing specially prepared ACE archives. There are directory traversal […]

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How to Install Deno on FreeBSD 14 — step-by-step FreeBSD 14 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Deno on FreeBSD 14

Introduction FreeBSD 14 is a UNIX-derived operating system renowned for its network stack performance, ZFS integration, and Jail isolation primitives. Setting up install deno on freebsd 14 on FreeBSD 14 follows the rc.conf/service(8) paradigm rather than systemd, which means enabling a service and configuring its startup options are done differently from any Linux distribution. This […]

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FreeBSD 14 — php70-fileinfo — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — php70-fileinfo — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 10 December 2023 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: php — multiple vulnerabilities Upstream summary: The PHP Group reports: Fileinfo: Fixed bug #71527 (Buffer over-write in finfo_open with malformed magic file). mbstring: Fixed bug #71906 (AddressSanitizer: negative-size-param (-1) in […]

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How to Install Python 3.11 on FreeBSD 14 — step-by-step FreeBSD 14 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Python 3.11 on FreeBSD 14

Introduction How to Install Python 3.11 on FreeBSD 14 is a core administration task for any FreeBSD 14 server operator. FreeBSD 14 ships with the 15.0-RELEASE kernel, ZFS as the default root filesystem, Capsicum capability sandboxing improvements, and an updated ports tree. Unlike Linux distributions, FreeBSD uses rc(8) for service management, pf for packet filtering, […]

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How to Set Up BGP Routing with BIRD on FreeBSD 14 — step-by-step FreeBSD 14 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up BGP Routing with BIRD on FreeBSD 14

Introduction This guide explains how to Set Up BGP Routing with BIRD on FreeBSD 14 on FreeBSD 14. FreeBSD uses the pkg(8) binary package manager, rc.conf(5) for service startup configuration, and pf(4) as its primary packet filter. There is no SELinux or AppArmor — instead, FreeBSD provides the MAC (Mandatory Access Control) framework and Capsicum […]

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How to Install Java (OpenJDK 21) on FreeBSD 14 — step-by-step FreeBSD 14 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Java (OpenJDK 21) on FreeBSD 14

Introduction FreeBSD 14 is a UNIX-derived operating system renowned for its network stack performance, ZFS integration, and Jail isolation primitives. Setting up install java (openjdk 21) on freebsd 14 on FreeBSD 14 follows the rc.conf/service(8) paradigm rather than systemd, which means enabling a service and configuring its startup options are done differently from any Linux […]

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How to Secure MySQL on FreeBSD 14 — step-by-step FreeBSD 14 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Secure MySQL on FreeBSD 14

Introduction This guide explains how to Secure MySQL on FreeBSD 14 on FreeBSD 14. FreeBSD uses the pkg(8) binary package manager, rc.conf(5) for service startup configuration, and pf(4) as its primary packet filter. There is no SELinux or AppArmor — instead, FreeBSD provides the MAC (Mandatory Access Control) framework and Capsicum for fine-grained privilege separation. […]

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FreeBSD 14 — ghostscript7-korfont — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — ghostscript7-korfont — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 9 December 2023 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: ghostscript — exploitable buffer overflow in (T)BCP in PS interpreter Related CVEs: CVE-2023-28879 Upstream summary: [email protected] reports: In Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.0, there is a buffer overflow leading to potential […]

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FreeBSD 14 — ghostscript7-jpnfont — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — ghostscript7-jpnfont — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 9 December 2023 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: ghostscript — exploitable buffer overflow in (T)BCP in PS interpreter Related CVEs: CVE-2023-28879 Upstream summary: [email protected] reports: In Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.0, there is a buffer overflow leading to potential […]

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