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How to Configure Parallel Environment (PE) MPI on IBM AIX 7.2 — step-by-step IBM AIX 7.2 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Parallel Environment (PE) MPI 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 parallel environment (pe) mpi on ibm aix 7.2 […]

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How to Install Graylog Log Management on Debian 10 — step-by-step Debian 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Graylog Log Management on Debian 10

Introduction Debian 10 Buster is built around the ethos of stability and free software. Setting up install graylog log management on debian 10 on Buster leverages the same proven Debian packaging system that powers millions of servers worldwide, while benefiting from the latest upstream releases included in the Buster freeze. Follow each step carefully and […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — sane-backends — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — sane-backends — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 14 August 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4470-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-6318 CVE-2020-12861 CVE-2020-12862 CVE-2020-12863 CVE-2020-12864 CVE-2020-12865 CVE-2020-12866 CVE-2020-12867 Upstream summary: Kritphong Mongkhonvanit discovered that sane-backends incorrectly handled certain packets. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — ant — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — ant — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 14 August 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4874-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-1945 CVE-2018-10886 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Apache Ant created temporary files with insecure permissions. An attacker could use this vulnerability to read sensitive information leaked […]

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How to Deploy Hyper-V Containers on Windows Server 2016 — step-by-step Windows Server 2016 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Deploy Hyper-V Containers on Windows Server 2016

How to Configure Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V Containers Hyper-V Containers are a container isolation mode introduced in Windows Server 2016 that provides hardware-level isolation by running each container inside a highly optimized, lightweight virtual machine with its own dedicated kernel instance. Unlike Windows Server Containers (process-isolated), Hyper-V Containers do not share the host kernel with […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — librepo — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — librepo — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2-2020-1568 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-14352 Upstream summary: A flaw was found in librepo. A directory traversal vulnerability was found where it failed to sanitize paths in remote repository metadata. An attacker […]

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How to Take ZFS Snapshots on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Take ZFS Snapshots on FreeBSD 12

Introduction FreeBSD 12 is a UNIX-derived operating system renowned for its network stack performance, ZFS integration, and Jail isolation primitives. Setting up take zfs snapshots on freebsd 12 on FreeBSD 12 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. […]

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

Oracle Linux 8 — libvncserver — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2020-3385)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 13 August 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-3385 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-18922 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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Debian 10 — golang-1.11 — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 10

Debian 10 — golang-1.11 — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 13 August 2020 Affected versions: Debian 10 (buster) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2019-9512 CVE-2019-16276 CVE-2019-17596 CVE-2020-7919 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches […]

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How to Install PHP 7.4 with PHP-FPM on Debian 10 — step-by-step Debian 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install PHP 7.4 with PHP-FPM on Debian 10

Introduction How to Install PHP 7.4 with PHP-FPM on Debian 10 is a fundamental operation for any administrator maintaining a Debian 10 Buster server. Debian 10 Buster ships with the Linux 6.12 kernel, updated toolchains, and a fully refreshed package archive — meaning version numbers, configuration file paths, and some dependency chains differ from Debian […]

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