Linux at 25: Why It Flourished While Others Fizzled – IEEE Spectrum http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/software/linux-at-25-why-it-flourished-while-others-fizzled Linux was started 25 years ago in Finland by Linus Torvalds. Look at the history and reasons why it started revolution. Today linux rules on servers, smart phones and embedded systems. After that you should also read Linux at 25: Q&A With →
Linux command line is productive, useful and interesting but sometimes it may be very much dangerous specially when you are not sure what you are doing. Read article at http://www.tecmint.com/10-most-dangerous-commands-you-should-never-execute-on-linux/ to be aware of some of the commands which you should think twice before you execute them. Posted from WordPress for Android →
https://securitychecklist.org/ page has a a good security check list for web server. It has good set of security question to check out and gives commands to do the testing for many issues. Posted from WordPress for Android →
Nice presentation from LinuxCon North America 2014 describing Linux Performance Tools https://www.slideshare.net/mobile/brendangregg/linux-performance-tools Posted from WordPress for Android →
Microsoft has today released the source code to an open-source operating system, based on Debian GNU/Linux, that runs on network switches. The software is dubbed SONiC, aka Software for Open Networking in the Cloud. It’s a toolkit of code and kernel patches to bend switch hardware to your will. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/09/microsoft_sonic_debian/ Posted from WordPress for Android →
Today I’m excited to announce our plans to bring SQL Server to Linux as well. This will enable SQL Server to deliver a consistent data platform across Windows Server and Linux, as well as on-premises and cloud. We are bringing the core relational database capabilities to preview today, and are targeting availability in mid-2017. https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2016/03/07/announcing-sql-server-on-linux/ →
New research suggests that software piracy has a detrimental effect on the adoption of Linux desktop operating systems. Piracy is one of the reasons why Windows has been able to maintain its dominant market position, making open source alternatives “forgotten victims” of copyright infringement. https://torrentfreak.com/software-piracy-hurts-linux-adoption-research-finds-160221/ Posted from WordPress for Android →
http://dankaminsky.com/2016/02/20/skeleton/ Long article on this week’s glibc DNS security flaw. Posted from WordPress for Android →
A stack-based critical buffer overflow was found in the way the libresolv library (glibc) performed dual A/AAAA DNS queries. A remote attacker could crash or, potentially, execute code running the library on Linux. How do I patch and protect my server or workstation against the glibc getaddrinfo on Linux operating system? http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-patch-cve-2015-7547-glibc-getaddrinfo-stack-based-buffer-overflow/ Posted from WordPress →
I saw this morning a notice from my local information security authority titled “GNU C -kirjastosta (glibc) löydetty vakava haavoittuvuus“. It tells that February also this year brought another nasty security issue on glibc library (last year’s vulnerability was GHOST). It is a Critical glibc (GNU C library) security issue that needs a bug fix →