Linux rescue after Windows 10 Creators Update

Last night I've updated my Windows 10. That was big update called "Creators Update". I don't know details what was changed (I noticed only new privacy settings and mail client) but one thing was significant for me as a linux user. When I wanted to switch to my openSUSE it opened rescue mode. It happend after I entered password to my encrypted home partition. My first thought: update modified my partition! Fortunately it was possible to open and mount it using cryptsetup. I checked also /etc/crypttable and I realized what is the root cause of my problems.
In my config I found /dev/sda7 but my current encrypted partition number is 6! Fast research and I found empty space on my disk between two partitions. Possibly the update removed one of partitions existing before (created during Windows 10 installation) and now all my linux partitions have decreased numbers.
I created new partition in the empty space. Reboot. Linux works.

SeniorITy Code powered by Sii - Embedded

Two weeks ago I participated in meeting where shortly were preseted different security aspects of the embedded systems.

First talk was a introducion into C++11 for beginners. Next two were about safety and security of embeddes systems. Part about safety was focused on developing standards for increase of a quality of the final system (eg. restrictions in memory management).

Last part was the most interesting in my opinion. Many methods of systems analysis were metioned - including copying of the architecture techniques. It is a real problem when it is that simple to reconstruct the net list from photos of a circuit using tools like degate. To watch how the device is working there are methods called side channel attacks. Attacker can observe properties such as power usage, processing time, temperature or electro magnetic emissions to get knowledge about computations inside a chip. Other kind of attacks are state modifications. Using laser beam it is possible to change memory registers (but not single bit) which can be used to introduce changes in the code execution. Other methods are: overheating what leads to skiping instructions in some processors or changing voltage level to change signal interpretation (high/low state).

Links:
Sri Parameswaran, Tilman Wolf - Embedded systems security—an overview

How to run JHipster on openSUSE 42.2

JHipster is a tool to generate full web app template using Spring Boot and Angular frameworks. When I've tried to run it for a first time on my openSUSE 42.2 I've got:

/usr/local/lib/node_modules/generator-jhipster/generators/app/index.js:15
    constructor: function (...args) { // eslint-disable-line object-shorthand
                           ^^^

SyntaxError: Unexpected token ...
    at exports.runInThisContext (vm.js:53:16)
    at Module._compile (module.js:373:25)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:416:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:343:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:300:12)
    at Module.require (module.js:353:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:12:17)
    at Object.defineProperty.get [as jhipster:app] (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/yo/node_modules/yeoman-environment/lib/store.js:40:23)
    at Store.get (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/yo/node_modules/yeoman-environment/lib/store.js:64:35)
    at Environment.get (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/yo/node_modules/yeoman-environment/lib/environment.js:261:21)

Unfortunately JHipster needs node.js with version 6, not 4 which I installed from my default repositories. After node.js 6 installation it was working.

After successful generation I wanted to start my web app, but I've met second problem. H2 database which I wanted to use for developing was throwing java.net.UnknownHostException:

java.net.UnknownHostException: HOSTNAME.suse

Solution is simple: add new entry in the /etc/hosts

127.0.0.1       HOSTNAME.suse