FBI and Europol Shut Down ‘Bulletproof’ VPN Service That Helped Criminals
Millions of Internet users around the world use a VPN to protect their privacy online. Another key benefit is that VPNs hide users’ true IP-addresses, making them more anonymous. This prevents third-party monitoring outfits from carrying out unwanted snooping. While there are good reasons to remain ‘relatively’ anonymous these services can also be abused by criminals. That can present problems, as most good VPN providers keep no...
How to use heredoc as a text editor
There’s a somewhat obscure feature in Linux and Unix shells that allows you to open a sort of do-while loop for the cat command. It’s called the heredoc, and it enables you to have, more or less, a text editor no matter what shell you’re using. The syntax is: read more Powered by...
4 ways open source transformed education in 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic required a paradigm change in education in 2020, as face-to-face interaction between teachers and students was largely replaced by remote learning beginning in the spring. Opensource.com writers helped teachers, students, and families around the world rise to the challenge with examples of open software tools fueling innovation in teaching and learning. read more Powered by...
3 critical DevOps concepts we explored in 2020
Looking back through Opensource.com’s articles about DevOps in 2020, there was a bit of something for everyone—from people starting the DevOps journey to seasoned DevOps veterans. The articles focused on testing, software methodologies, and DevOps’ most important part: the people. Here are the top 10 DevOps articles of 2020. read more Powered by...
