Web Software: Ghost, Firefox, Curl, and Malware Online
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The Ghost publishing system [LWN.net]
Part of the early appeal of the World Wide Web was the promise that anybody could create a site and publish interesting content to the world. A few decades later, that promise seems to have been transformed into the ability to provide content for a small number of proprietary platforms run by huge corporations. But, arguably, the dream of widespread independent publishing is enjoying a resurgence. The Ghost publishing platform is built around the goal of making publishing technology — and the ability to make money from it — available with free software.
Ghost is an MIT-licensed application written primarily in JavaScript; it has been under development since 2013. The project is owned by the non-profit Ghost Foundation, which appears to be mainly funded by an associated Ghost(Pro) hosting business. The entire platform appears to be free software; this is not an open-core offering.
At a first glance, Ghost looks like yet another blogging platform, providing the ability to create, edit, and publish articles. Tied closely to that platform, though, is the ability to send articles via email newsletters; Ghost seems to be firmly positioned as a free alternative to operations like SubStack. Support for paid subscriptions is also built in, with the ability to define multiple subscriber levels. Much of the documentation and in-system help provided by Ghost is aimed at helping users create and monetize their content with the platform.
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Support.Mozilla.Org: How to contribute to Mozilla through user support
It is with great pleasure that I am announcing the launch of our new contribute page in SUMO a.k.a SUpport.Mozilla.Org. SUMO is one of the oldest contribution areas in Mozilla, and we want to show you just how easy it is to contribute!
There are many ways you can get involved with SUMO, so getting started can be confusing. However, our new contribute page should help with that, since the pages are now updated with simpler steps to follow and a refreshed design.
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Workshop season 5 episode 2
Mike Bishop talked about the complexities of current internet. Redirects before, during, after. HTTPS records. Alt-svc. Alt-SvcB. Use the HTTPS record for that alternative name.
This presentation triggered a long discussion on how to do things, how things could be done in a future and how the different TTLs in this scenario should or could interact. How to do multi-CDN, how to interact with DNS and what happens if a CDN wants to disable QUIC?
A very long discussion that mostly took us all back to square one in the end. The alt-svcb proposal as is.
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Hackers Using Rogue Versions of KeePass and SolarWinds Software to Distribute RomCom RAT [Ed: The issue here is that people install malware from dodgy places]
The operators of RomCom RAT are continuing to evolve their campaigns with rogue versions of software such as SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, KeePass password manager, and PDF Reader Pro.
Targets of the operation consist of victims in Ukraine and select English-speaking countries like the U.K.