There were many reasons people came to use CentOS as an alternative Linux platform to RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). CentOS was originally built as a downstream release of RHEL, which was free to use without support. CentOS became the de facto standard for many organizations that did not want to use RHEL for production workload, […]
It’s been a busy year for security issues, first with HeartBleed, then with ShellShock and now… POODLE. If you frequently use Wi-Fi at Starbucks or somewhere other than a trusted home network, watch out, there’s a new vulnerability that targets the client side devices! This article from wired.com explains the vulnerability in more details: http://www.wired.com/2014/10/poodle-explained/ […]
Hello to all my Linux friends. I’m sure you’ve heard this already, but there is a nasty new vulnerability in the wild. Make sure you run your “yum update” to fix this thing quickly! This article has some decent info and a test script which you can run to see if you are vulnerable! https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-protect-your-server-against-the-shellshock-bash-vulnerability […]
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