Karl Brodowsky's IT-Blog

З Рiздвом Христовим − Merry Christmas − Frohe Weihnachten

Just a reminder:
Articles that are published on April 1st in this blog are always April-jokes.

The FSB in Russia has an increasing demand for computing power and storage. On the other hand it is getting more difficult to import computers or parts into Russia due to the sanctions.

So now an innovative Russian IT work group has developed a software stack, that allows reliable storage and computing on bot nets.

Some challenges:

• It is possible that a whole bot net is taken down and all the data is lost
• Since the confidential data is distributed across millions or billions of nodes all over the world, good encryption is needed all the way
• Transfer of data needs to be obfuscated

The work group came up with solutions. They develop malware, which is actually called „goodware“, because it serves a good purpose, that installs the software on millions of computers all over the world. This malware is constantly changed and updated, in order to create multiple independent botnets.

The crucial data is encrypted. Advanced Russian technology allows to perform the calculations on encrypted data, so the real content is never revealed on the node.

The FSB-IT-team creates virtual networks, again based on botnets of goodware, with many hops that change rapidly to transfer data and goodware to and from the nodes and to control them.

Data is stored and processed redundantly. Since there is a huge surplus of computing power and storage volume, it is possible to store data with such high multiplicity that recovery is possible even if multiple complete goodware-botnets are taken down.

A positive side effect is that the FSB learns what is going on on the devices where they have positioned their goodware.

So let’s buy more and better computers and help the FSB to get more computing power.

To all my readers:
I am way to upset about the invasion of Ukraine by Russian fascists and the atrocities they are committing there. I am at the moment not able to write useful articles about IT topics.

This is something from mainstream Russian TV by a super star who gets medals of honor from Putin:

I hope that this nightmare can be finished soon and we can invest some of our energy into building positive things. I will come back…

¡Próspero año nuevo! — うれしい新しい年 — Shnorhavor nor tari! — Selamat tahun baru! — Честита нова година! — Gelukkig nieuwjaar! — สวัสดีปีใหม่ — Lokkich nijjier! — عام سعيد — Среќна нова година! — Un an nou fericit! — Happy New Year! — Срећна нова година! — Feliz año nuevo! — С новым годом! — Srechno novo leto! — Sugeng warsa enggal! — Feliĉan novan jaron! — Próspero ano novo! — Godt Nyttår! — 새해 복 많이 받으세요 — Boldog új évet! — Godt nytår! — Frohes neues Jahr! — Laimingų naujųjų metų! — Felice Anno Nuovo! — Gleðilegt nýtt ár! — Hääd uut aastat! — 新年好 — Sala we ya nû pîroz be! — Sretna nova godina! — Szczęśliwego nowego roku! — السنة الجديدة المبتهجة — Gott nýggjár! — Cung chúc tân xuân! — Щасливого нового року! — Naya barsa ko hardik shuvakamana! — Feliz ano novo! — Bun di bun an! — Akemashite omedetô! — Een gelukkig nieuwjaar! — Laimīgu Jauno gadu! — FELIX SIT ANNUS NOVUS! — Bonne année! — Gott nytt år! — Yeni yılınız kutlu olsun! — سال نو مبارک — Šťastný nový rok! — Καλή Χρονια! — Onnellista uutta vuotta! — Весёлого нового года! — Laimīgu jauno gadu! — Ath bhliain faoi mhaise! — Subho nababarsho! — Nav varsh ki subhkamna!

This was created by a Ruby-program:

#!/usr/bin/ruby
# encoding: utf-8
# coding: utf-8

shuffled_texts = texts.shuffle(random: SecureRandom);
str = shuffled_texts.join(' — ');
puts(str);

replace no-break-spaces by spaces…

С Рождеством − З Рiздвом Христовим − Prettige Kerstdagen − Feliz Natal − क्रिसमस मंगलमय हो − Nollaig Shona Dhuit! − Buon Natale − Sretan božić − Natale hilare − Честита Коледа − Veselé Vánoce − Bella Festas daz Nadal − Kellemes Karácsonyi Ünnepeket − Crăciun fericit − Zalig Kerstfeest − Wesołych Świąt Bożego Narodzenia − 圣诞快乐 − Vesele bozicne praznike − Glædelig Jul − کريسمس مبارک − クリスマスおめでとう ; メリークリスマス − Gledhilig jól − God Jul − Fröhliche Weihnachten − Feliz Navidad − Su Šventom Kalėdom − Hyvää Joulua − Gleðileg jól − 즐거운 성탄, 성탄 축하 − Срећан Божић − Priecîgus Ziemassvçtkus − Bon nadal − God Jul! − Merry Christmas − καλά Χριστούγεννα − Mutlu Noeller − Selamat Hari Natal − ميلاد مجيد − Vesele Vianoce − Gëzuar Krishtlindjet − Häid jõule − Feliĉan Kristnaskon − Joyeux Noël

This was generated with a Perl Script:


#!/usr/bin/perl

my $n = @texts;
my $m = $n;
for ($i = 0; $i < $n; $i++) {     my $idx = rand($m);     my $text = splice(@texts, $idx, 1);     $m = @texts;     if ($i > 0) { 
        print $SEP; 
    }
    print $text;
}
print "\n";

Please replace NBSP by normal spaces…