https://opensource.com/article/17/5/intro-libral-systems-management-library-linux?sc_cid=7016000000127ECAAY This looks as an interesting tool for Linux scripting: Libral provides a uniform management API across system resources and serves as a solid foundation for scripting management tasks and building configuration-management systems. →
https://repology.org/statistics/newest Who has the most up-to-date packages? This is a comparison has several BSD and Linux distributions. What do you think? →
https://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-last-reboot-time-and-date-find-out.html So, how do you find out your Linux or UNIX-like system was last rebooted? How do you display the system shutdown date and time? →
http://thehackernews.com/2017/07/ssh-credential-hacking.html?m=1 WikiLeaks has today published the 15th batch of its ongoing Vault 7 leak, this time detailing two alleged CIA implants that allowed the agency to intercept and exfiltrate SSH (Secure Shell) credentials from targeted Windows and Linux operating systems. BothanSpy implant is for Microsoft Windows Xshell client. Gyrfalcon targets the OpenSSH client on various distributions of Linux OS: CentOS, →
https://www.open-electronics.org/linux-foundation-launches-the-open-source-edgex-foundry-for-iot-standardisation/ Security is the Achilles heel of the Internet of Things, according to Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols on ZDNet. The lack of common IoT development standards is part of this problem. This is why the Linux Foundation, along with 50 companies, has announced The EdgeX Foundry. The group will build a common open framework for IoT →
https://fossbytes.com/outlawcountry-cia-hacking-tool-linux/ Wikileaks has published fresh documents that deal with the CIA’s hacking and spying on Linux machines using a malware strain called OutlawCountry. This tool consists of a kernel module that creates invisible netfilter table for creating new rules with iptables command. Those rules can modify and redirect the network traffic. The OutlawCountry’s prerequisites for operation are →
https://opensource.com/business/16/8/top-5-open-source-web-servers?sc_cid=7016000000127ECAAY Statistics show us that well over 80% of web applications and websites are powered by open source web servers. This article takes a look at the most popular open source web servers. →
http://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-owns-supercomputing/ In the latest Top500 supercomputer race, only two — count ‘em, two — of the world’s fastest computers aren’t running Linux. →
https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-to-display-countdown-timer-in-bash-shell-script-running-on-linuxunix/ There are various ways to show a countdown in your shell scripts. →
https://opensource.com/article/17/6/kdump-usage-and-internals?sc_cid=7016000000127ECAAY Kdump is a way to acquire a crashed Linux kernel dump, but finding documents that explain its usage and internals can be challenging. This article examines the basics of kdump usage and look at the internals of kdump/kexec kernel implementation. →