Fedora Gives Up on DeltaRPMs
14 years ago, Fedora had a cool idea: why send an entire RPM when the client only needs a delta from the RPM it already has? Why not just send them deltas? Alas, this idea didn't quite work out.
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The Missing Semester of Your CS Education
We ran across an interesting class from MIT entitled "The Missing Semester of Your CS Eduction." Here is how it's described: Classes teach you all about advanced topics within CS, from operating syst...
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Four Ways to Get Unlimited Cloud Storage for Free
Are we talking about a special Google Drive promo, or a secret Apple iCloud account deal? Did Western Digital Black just get replaced with Western Digital Rainbow? Are we talking a Microsoft O365 promo code, a pCloud special, a little-known MediaFire offer, or something Kim Dotcom is doing with a Mega.nz promo code? Maybe.
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Hostiger: Cheap VPS in Istanbul, Turkey Starting From $15/YEAR!
Welcome back, Hostiger! We haven't had them on in a while and they're back with more ferociously good offers for our community! These deals speak for themselves: 1GB for $15/YEAR! 2GB for $25/YEAR! T...
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RackNerd and Ezeelogin: Securing and Scaling SSH
Ezeelogin is an SSH management platform that provides two factor authentication, SAML Authentication, session recording, IAM, RBAC, PAM, and lots of other important acronyms. Community provider RackNerd recently deployed it and explains the product's benefits to providers and users.
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White Label IT Solutions: VPS and Dedi Offer in Hackensack, New Jersey!
Welcome, White Label IT Solutions! We haven't had them on since way back in 2019. Way overdue. Today they're bringing us some offers in Hackensack, New Jersey. I always love seeing new city names. ...
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Intel: "Complete Devastation" and a "True Disaster"
Here are some headlines on SeekingAlpha, a popular investing news service: Intel: Complete Devastation Intel: A True Disaster Intel: You Were Warned Intel: $15 Before $40 (referring to the share pice,...
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How to Watch Your Neighbor's Every Move with $100 in Cheap Wi-Fi Routers
What if $100 worth of cheap Wi-Fi routers could scan inside your neighbor's house and paint a real-time picture of everything he does? That's what a new paper claims can be done.
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Story Time! The Offers You Don't See
Hosts that are only two months old? Only four days old? Some of the interesting offer submissions you don't get to see...
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DEEP DIVE: The Freedom House 2022 Report
FreedomHouse's 2022 report on Internet freedom is flawed as usual, reflecting a lot of their extraneous politics and ignoring factors they don't care about, but at a broad level, it's an interesting survey of the world. Let's take a look.
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Shared Hosting for Under $10/Year with cPanel?! Is it Possible in 2022?
Iin 2019, cPanel rocked the hosting industry by industry by introducing sharply higher prices. Since then, they've ratcheted up the cost every year, most recently in September 2022.
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Just Stop Using LastPass: They've Been Hacked for the 9th Time
LastPass had security incidents in 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017 (twice), 2019, 2021, and twice now in 2022. Are you still using them? Why?
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How TikTok Stole My Car. It Started at 4am This Morning With a Banging on My Door.
It's never good when the police come to your door at 4am. Turns out that TikTok played an important role in the culture and psychology that lead to my car being stolen from my driveway overnight and subsequently used in crimes, general mayhem, and finally a very abrupt stop. The thieves did the deed with a USB cable.
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H1-B Visas: Indentured Servitude for 195 Years?
Companies can bring foreign nationals over to work in the US on various programs, most prominently in this discussion, the H1-B visa. It's designed for situations where the US lacks engineers, scientists, or technical specialists in critical skills. But at its worst, the program is a form of modern-day indentured servitude.
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The CloudFlare Price Increase: A Translation For Those Who Don't Speak Corporate
CloudFlare followed the tedious corporate playbook of drenching their price increase announcement with tons of inspiring adjectives. We provide a translation for you.
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WHMCS Won't Tell You About What The Vulnerability Is, But Will Say "Patch ASAP!"
There's an important security vulnerability in WHMCS 8.5.x and 8.6.x. WHMCS won't tell you what it is, but will tell you that you need to patch ASAP. No earlier versions are affected.
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PHP 7 Is Officially Dead
As of today, PHP 7.4 is end of life, which means the PHP 7 version is now officially retired. Some distributions will backport security patches, but really, it's time to move on.
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Serveria has Cheap Dedicated Servers in Riga, Latvia for Us This Cyber Monday!
Hello from Riga, Latvia! Serveria has some great VPS and dedicated server offers to share with us this Black Friday. Check them out and save!
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The Venus Host: One Simple, Amazing Offer Cheap Shared Hosting This Black Friday!
The Venus Host is famous here for offering both monthly and annual prices. Monthly so they can win your business every month; annual so you can lock in savings once you've decided they're the host for you! Now they're ready to unleash an awesome Black Friday offer - check it out!
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Hosting Provider Outfitter CPLicense Has Exclusive Black Friday Deals for Us!
CPLicense provides all the license you need for your hosting company, and this Black Friday they've got an exclusive deal for our readers! Check out this post and save!
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Elon Musk Used a Lame, Easily Defeated Method to Identify a Leaker. Learn How a Pro Would Have Done It.
Document fingerprinting to identify leakers is a fascinating niche application. There are all kinds of sophisticated methods but the way Musk went about it is, well, rather lame. Read on to lead how to pros do it!
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The Warren.io Interview: Learn About This Cloud Platform Startup Blazing a New Trail with Henry Vaaderpass, Co-Founder and CBDO!
Today we have another awesome interview for you, this time with Henry Vaaderpass, Co-Founder and Chief Business Development Officer at Warren.io, an Estonian startup that is bringing innovation to the cloud hosting space at an amazing pace. This position in the industry as an platform outfitter is really fascinating. It's a cool company, cool story, and cool interview, so read on and enjoy!
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Did You Know You Can Pay to See Someone Else's Facebook Account?
For years I've read comments online by people who don't trust cloud providers because the government will use them to spy on them or these cloud companies are building massive behavioral databases. The reality is that it's the bored junior sysadmin or the perverted graveyard shift content moderator who are going to rifle through your files. Case in point this week: Facebook.
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Twitter: Are You Vulnerable?
Everyone who has anything to do with leading Twitter's security, privacy, and compliance departments has fled the company in mass resignations. Twitter is headed for a security cliff. How vulnerable are you?
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Getting Scans From 18.171.7.246 and 35.177.10.231? It's the UK Government
If you're seeing weird things in your logs, it's because the UK National Cyber Security Center has decided to scan all UK systems as part of their "Scanning the Internet for Fun and Profit" (their term). Click to learn how to opt-out.
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Deep Dive: Why the Hans Niemann Lawsuit is Going Nowhere
Chess GM Hans Niemann is suing other chess notables for $400 million. We break down the legal strategy and likely outcome of this lawsuit, based on the comments from multiple attorneys. Will Niemann prevail? Not a chance.
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Why the British PM is Worried Russia Will Destroy the Internet
What happened to Internet service in the Shetlands, and why was there a Russian spy ship nearby? The Russians have amped up their undersea capabilities, but the vulnerability of this infrastructure is much broader when we consider the technological advances in underwaer drones.
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HostSailor Greenhouse (NL) Fujitsu Primergy Dedicated Server Review
HostSailor is a well established Low End provider. They joined Low End Talk over eight years ago in April 2014. As of this writing, HostSailor has started 85 Low End Talk discussions and commented 355...
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