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Edward Snowden's preferred OS has a major security flaw
Submitted by l33tdawg on Wed, 2014-07-23 01:33
Think you're safe from spies because you're using Tails, the same Linux distribution that Edward Snowden uses to remain anonymous?
Unfortunately, you'll still have to be on your guard. Security firm Exodus Intelligence has revealed that the latest version of the OS, 1.1, is vulnerable to attacks that could be used to unmask your identity. The researchers say they won't publish details of the exploit until there's a patch, but the Tails team will have to wait up to a week before it gets a report it can use to whip up an emergency fix.
OpenSSL fork LibreSSL is declared "unsafe for Linux"
Submitted by l33tdawg on Wed, 2014-07-16 00:36
The first "preview" release of OpenSSL alternative LibreSSL is out, and already a researcher says he has found a "catastrophic failure" in the version for Linux.
CoreOS: Linux for the cloud and the datacenter
Submitted by l33tdawg on Wed, 2014-07-02 02:50
If you manage a cloud or a datacenter, chances are you run CentOS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES), or Ubuntu. These are all great server Linux distributions, but none of them were designed to be deployed over hundreds or thousands of servers at once. Now there is such a distribution: CoreOS.
CoreOS Launches Managed Linux Operating System as a Service
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2014-07-01 00:50
The open-source startup raises $8 million in funding to further its Docker container virtualization-based efforts.
The move toward a services-based approach for all IT is taking another step today with the launch of the CoreOS Managed Linux operating system as a service offering.
Linux dominates supercomputers as never before
Submitted by l33tdawg on Wed, 2014-06-25 01:01
For years, Linux has ruled supercomputing. So, it came as no surprise to anyone at the Linux Enterprise End-User Summit near Wall Street that once again the Top500 group found in its latest supercomputer ranking that Linux was the fastest of the fast operating systems.
As one Red Hat representative said, "The only thing that would be surprising about Linux being the top dog would be if anything else even came close." He doesn't have any reason to worry.