March 31, 2020
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Content Delivery Networks and clouds join MANRS internet security effort
So far, the internet is holding up underneath the unprecedented demands being put on it by the coronavirus pandemic. But, as the recent Google services failure from a single router failure showed, the internet remains fragile. That’s why the Internet … Continue reading
March 30, 2020
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Linux’s WireGuard VPN is here and ready to protect you
Linus Torvalds has released the newest version of the Linux 5.6. It includes many new and neat features like USB4 support, a fix for the 32-bit Epoch problem, multi-path TCP, and numerous driver patches. The biggest news of all s … Continue reading
March 30, 2020
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Debian Linux readies an anti-coronavirus hack-a-thon
Open-source programmers and engineers have been working on a wide variety of projects to beat coronavirus. These range from hospital management programs to speeding up drug development to building inexpensive ventilators. Now, Debian Linux, one of the oldest and largest … Continue reading
March 28, 2020
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Coronavirus: The Cold Equations
Some people in my life are still having trouble believing the Coronavirus is all that bad. Actually, it’s worse than many can imagine. Let’s look at some cold, hard numbers. Yesterday, March 27, we went over 100,000 cases in the … Continue reading
March 27, 2020
by sjvn01
Comments Off on It wasn’t just you: Why Google suffered widespread outages
Well, wasn’t that fun? For about two hours, Google and its main services, such as Gmail, Google Docs, and YouTube were down for US East coast users. So, what happened? It wasn’t just you: Why Google suffered widespread outages More>
March 26, 2020
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Kubernetes 1.18: Buffing up the leading container orchestrator
Kubernetes is the container orchestrator we all love. But it’s not unconditional love. Some users were a bit overwhelmed with the last release’s Container Storage Interface (CSI) infrastructure update, which required clusters to be explicitly updated. So, some folks are … Continue reading