January 18, 2022
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Mirantis brings secure registries to Kubernetes distros
Thanks to Solarwinds and Log4j, we know it’s all too easy to have our systems busted thanks to software supply chain problems. To help us with this, Mirantis, the cloud and container company, has released Mirantis Secure Registry (MSR) 3.0, which can be used to build … Continue reading
January 18, 2022
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Open Source Security at the White House
There’s no question that open source security and supply chain security has become top of mind issues in the aftermath of the Apache Log4j security problem quartet and the SolarWinds security fiasco. But so important that the White House would call a meeting … Continue reading
January 18, 2022
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Open Invention Network expands Linux patent protection
Today, everyone — yes, even Microsoft — use Linux and open-source. It’s been years since Linux was under attack by SCO for imaginary copyright violations, and then Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer claimed that Linux violated over 200 of Microsoft’s patents. So over 15-years ago, … Continue reading
January 13, 2022
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Wireshark creator joins Sysdig to extend it to cloud security
If you’re a real network administrator, you know and love open source Wireshark. For over 15-years, it’s been the tool that professionals use for network traffic protocol analysis. Nothing else even comes close. Now, Sysdig, the container and cloud security company, has hired … Continue reading
January 13, 2022
by sjvn01
Comments Off on EVerest: The open source software stack for EV charging infrastructure
Even if you’d never buy a Tesla, electric vehicles (EVs) are the future. There’s only one big problem. Unlike a gas-based car, where you can always find a gas station when you need to top off, there’s nothing like enough … Continue reading
January 13, 2022
by sjvn01
Comments Off on When open-source developers go bad
Chances are unless you’re a JavaScript programmer, you’ve never heard of the open-source Javascript libraries ‘colors.js‘ and ‘faker.js.” They’re simple programs that respectively let you use colored text on your node.js, a popular JavaScript runtime, console, and create fake data for testing. Faker.js is used … Continue reading