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Icinga Camp Berlin 2019 | System Diagnostics: A Deeper Understanding by Francesco Melchiori

The performance of ICT services (e.g. popular ERP network applications) fluctuate over time: they can be affected by latencies or downtimes. This is due to a variety of factors such as the number of user connections, the quality of software optimization, the balancing of hardware resources, etc.

Detecting and preventing cgroups escape via SCTP - CVE-2019-3874

This week CVE-2019-3874 was discovered which details a flaw in the Linux kernel where an attacker can circumvent cgroup memory isolation using the SCTP socket buffer. In containerised environments, this has the potential for a container running as root to create a DoS.

Open Distro for Elasticsearch Review

Over the years the adoption of Elasticsearch and its ecosystem of tools positioned them as the leaders in the time series data management and analysis market. With strong search capabilities, great analytical engine, Kibana as the flexible frontend and a number of data shippers enable building of end to end data processing pipeline using components designed to work with each other. Very simple setup and configuration resulted in high adoption rates and the whole stack gaining more and more users.

Making Your Life Easier with Citrix Receiver Version Usage Reporting

Citrix Receiver (now renamed as Citrix Workspace app) is client software that is bundled with Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops and allows client devices to connect to various virtualization services offered by Citrix. Citrix Receiver is supported on various client platforms and form factors, including Windows, Windows Mobile, macOS, iPad, iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, HTML5, Linux, Google Chromebook, thin clients, zero clients, Raspberry Pi and embedded operating systems.