According to the change log, OpenSSH 9.0 suffered a “near miss” – a potential vulnerability that was found and fixed before anyone could attempt to exploit it: “Near miss in sshd(8): fix an integer overflow in the user authentication path that, in conjunction with other logic errors, could have yielded unauthenticated access under difficult to […]
OpenSSH Suffered a “Near Miss” But is Now Post-Quantum
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April 23, 2022 @ 12:00 pm, by raindog308FREE Root Shells on Linux Servers Thanks to polkitd Vulnerability
alma, centos, debian, hacking, linux, pwnkit, redhat, Security, ubuntu, vulnerability January 26, 2022 @ 9:49 am, by raindog308A new vulnerability that affects many Linux systems has been revealed: Pwnkit. This attack uses a vulnerability in polkitd to allow any user to escalate his privileges to root. There are patches for major Linux systems: see the LowEndTalk thread. Thanks to @FoxelVox for posting this on LET. It’s important to note that the vulnerability […]
RHEL 9 Goes Beta
alma, alma linux, linux, red hat, rhel, rocky, rocky linux, Security November 6, 2021 @ 4:46 pm, by raindog308Now that (hopefully?) the CentOS Stream debacle and the subsequent rise of Alma and Rocky Linux is behind us, there’s news from RedHat that RHEL 9 has gone beta. Is this the love child that will finally heal the warring RPM tribes? No, but what you’re looking at here is the future Alma and Rocky […]
AlmaLinux Announces ELevate Project: Migrate/Upgrade Between Any RHEL-based Distro!
alma, almalinux, ibm, oracle linux, redhat, rhel, rocky linux, yum October 20, 2021 @ 5:26 pm, by raindog308AlmaLinux announced today the ELevate Project, which is their initiative to allow users to upgrade or migrate between any RHEL- based distro. Using this technology, currently you can easily move between CentOS 7.x and any of these distros: AlmaLinux 8.x CentOS Stream 8 Oracle Linux 8.x Rocky Linux 8.x “Until today, it simply wasn’t possible […]
Community News: Rocky Linux OS Now Available on RackNerd’s Platform!
Rocky Linux offered their first official release (8.4) on June 21st and now providers are adding it as an option to their hosting platforms. If you’re not familiar, Rocky Linux is CentOS Reborn. You can read up on our previous posts about CentOS developments that necessitated remaking it. Rocky Linux is led by Gregory Kurtzer, […]
Meme Monday: We’re IBM
alma, alma linux, centos, ibm, meme monday, rhel, rocky, rocky linux May 17, 2021 @ 12:00 am, by raindog308We covered the recent jarring changes with the CentOS Project. You might also enjoy Our article on rpm-land alternatives A poll we did on your CentOS plans (results) Our interview with Igor Seletskiy, whose company CloudLinux has released Alma Linux
LowEndBoxTV: CentOS…What Happened?!?
alma, alma linux, centos, centos stream, ibm, linux, red hat, rhel, rocky, rocky linux May 4, 2021 @ 12:00 pm, by raindog308CentOS, RIP…long live CentOS Stream?!? What hath IBM wrought? In this video, we break down the CentOS drama. As you can tell from the thumbnail…it isn’t pretty! You could answer the question in one word: IBM. But the roots of what happened pre-date IBM’s involvement. We also mention Alma Linux and Rocky Linux. Related LowEndBox […]
LowEndBoxTV: Ranking the VPS Operating System Choices into Tiers!
alma, alpine, arch centos, centos stream, debian, Fedora, freebsd, gentoo, netbsd, openbsd, oracle linux, red flag linux, redhat, rhel, slackware, suse, tiermaker, ubuntu May 1, 2021 @ 5:15 pm, by raindog308Which Linux distros and operating systems we use on our cheap VPSes are Legend, which are Hipster Only, and which are Get Outta Here? We sort Alma, Alpine, Arch, CentOS (classic and stream), Debian, Fedora, FreeBSD, Gentoo, NetBSD, Oracle Linux, OpenBSD, Red Flag Linux, RedHat, Slackware, SuSE, and Ubuntu into categories. Is it scientific? No. […]
Poll: What are Your CentOS Plans?
As we reported last December, CentOS is changing. Instead of being downstream of RHEL (and seeking to be a free RHEL clone), it is now moving upstream of RHEL and will be a development playground for RHEL. That radically changes its nature. So what are your plans regarding CentOS? Please let us know in the poll […]
