August 14, 2014
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The good news is that the Internet’s behaving itself today. The bad news is that by November we will see another burst of Internet slowdowns and sites becoming unavailable as we did on August 12.
Here’s how it all went wrong and why we can expect it to happen again.
August 13, 2014
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When you think of Linux companies associated with OpenStack, you probably think of Canonical and Red Hat. SUSE would like to remind you that they’re also an OpenStack player with its release of SUSE Cloud 4.
August 13, 2014
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Once upon a time, we used to think in terms of one hardware server equals one server operating system. Then, along came KVM, Hyper-V, VMware, and all the rest of the virtual machine (VM) hypervisors and more recently Docker with its containers. Now the idea of a single server operating system on a solo box is downright quaint.
Don’t think, however, that just because your servers are virtual instead of physical that they are somehow safer from security threats. They’re not.
As Symantec stated in its new report, Threats to virtual environments, “Virtual machine hosting servers are not any [more] secure than any other type of server. They are just as vulnerable to malware or targeted attacks.”
August 12, 2014
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If you found your Internet speed has been pathetic today and some sites wouldn’t load at all, you’re not alone.
Many tier-one Internet service providers (ISPs), and in turn, the last mile ISPs they support, experienced technical problems that resulted in bad service throughout the US and some parts of Canada.
According to postings in the North American Network Operators Group (NANOG) mailing list, the professional association for Internet engineering and architecture, there have been “major problems with multiple ISPs since around 4-5 AM EST.”
According to NANOG, and complaints tracker DownDetector, many Internet providers — including Level 3, AT&T, Cogent, Sprint, Verizon, and others — have suffered from serious performance problems at various times on Tuesday.
And they won’t be the last.
August 12, 2014
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It’s great that Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7 is out and ready to run. But, some companies aren’t ready to jump to a major new release. For them, Red Hat will be releasing RHEL 6.6.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 beta is ready for testing. More>
August 12, 2014
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Enough already with all the whining about Facebook Messenger, Facebook’s new standalone mobile messaging app! It’s Facebook! They make their money from watching everything you do on the net! What did you expect their new messaging-only app to do?