By Serdar Yegulalp Apache Eagle, originally developed at eBay and then donated to the Apache Software Foundation, fills big data security niche that remains thinly populated, if not bare: …read more Source:: OpenSource
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Self-protection is key to Linux kernel security
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•By Fahmida Y. Rashid Linux has quietly taken over the world. The operating system now powers the large datacenters that make all our cloud applications and services possible, along with billions of Android devices …read more Source:: OpenSource
Rust rocks, but wide-scale use remains years away
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•By Serdar Yegulalp The Rust language has earned fans because it helps developers create software that runs with the speed and efficiency of C, but with fewer security and stability pitfalls. As the …read more Source:: OpenSource
Open source server simplifies HTTPS, security certificates
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•By Fahmida Y. Rashid For administrators seeking an easier method to turn on HTTPS for their websites, there is Caddy, an open source web server that automatically sets up security certificates and serves sites …read more Source:: OpenSource
Raspberry Pi: A closer look at Raspbian PIXEL GNU/Linux
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•It’s not just for the Raspberry Pi any more! After recent updates and security fixes, a version of Raspbian PIXEL for x86 systems is now in the works. …read more Source:: Linux
Exim gives Linux admins a security fix for Christmas
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•By Fahmida Y. Rashid Linux administrators will have to change their holiday plans, because Exim is still releasing a security update on Christmas Day, and not earlier as had been hoped. An information …read more Source:: OpenSource
Major Linux security hole gapes open
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•An old Linux security ‘feature’ script, which activates LUKS disk encryption, has been hiding a major security hole in plain sight. …read more Source:: Linux
Mozilla launches free website security scanning service
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•By Lucian Constantin In order to help webmasters better protect their websites and users, Mozilla has built an online scanner that can check if web servers have the best security settings in place. <a class="colorbox" …read more Source:: OpenSource
IDG Contributor Network: Is Linux a security risk in Windows 10?
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•By Jim Lynch Is Linux a security risk in Windows 10? The inclusion of Linux in Windows 10 has certainly gotten lots of attention in the media, but now some sites are speculating that …read more Source:: OpenSource
Linux containers vs. VMs: A security comparison
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•By Jim Reno Developers love containers. They’re easy to use and fast to start. You can run a lot of them on even simple hardware. Startup overhead has always been a bane of …read more Source:: OpenSource