This report is an update to the risk report published in Red Hat Magazine in April 2007.
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 4 was released on February 15th, 2005. This report takes a look at the state of security for the first three years from
release. We look at key metrics, specific vulnerabilities, and the most common ways users were affected by security issues. We will show some best practices that could have been used to minimise the impact of the issues, and also take a look at how the included security innovations helped. » Read more
Hey you, ya you! Do you write Bash scripts?
Come here, I have a secret to tell you.
Python is easy to learn, and more powerful than Bash. I wasn’t supposed to tell you this–it’s supposed to be a secret. Anything more than a few lines of Bash could be done better in Python. Python is often just as portable as Bash too. Off the top of my head, I can’t think of any *NIX operating systems, that don’t include Python. Even IRIX has Python installed. » Read more
Did you know Red Hat’s introducing online training? When we heard that, we went digging to find somebody that could tell us more. Joshua M. Hoffman, the Product Manager for Virtual Training / Live Access Labs, was willing to fill us in. So here’s the details on Linux training… from the comfort of your living room. » Read more
When referring to Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 5, use the following:
In episode 4 of this series, Mark Cox–team lead for the Red Hat Security Response Team–talks more about security.
Previous episodes:
Mark Cox–team lead for the Red Hat Security Response Team–talks with us about the role of the vendor in software security.
In February 2007 we met Swapan, the only Red Hat® Certified Engineer® in the islands of Andaman and Nicobar. We thought we’d check in with him now that the year has passed, and see what he’s been up to. » Read more
written by Steve ‘Ashcrow’ Milner and Anderson Silva
The same way tabbed browsing revolutionized the web experience, GNU Screen can do the same for your experience in the command line. GNU Screen allows you to manage several interactive shell instances within the same “window.” By using different keyboard shortcuts, you are able to shuffle through the shell instances, access any of them directly, create new ones, kill old ones, attach and detach existing ones. » Read more
