Sean Michael Kerner

We’re currently inside of the two week merge window where code is being pulled in to form the Linux 4.7 kernel. One of the GIT pull requests came from Linux kernel developer James Morris and includes at least one really interesting new security feature, by way of a new Linux Security Module (LSM). A new […]

BERLIN – Diego Ongaro, lead software engineer at Salesforce is well known in the computer science community for his work on the Raft fault-tolerant consensus algorithm, which is used in etcd (used by CoreOS and a key part of Kubernetes) At the CoreOS Fest here Ongaro detailed his latest big idea called Runway. Ongaro explained […]

Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth has always provided colorful codenames in alphabetical order and the 16.10 release, due out in in October 2016 will be no exception. Last week, Ubuntu 16.04 the Xenial Xerus, debuted so its now time to pick the ‘Y’ name. Unlike so many of the past African animal chosen as Ubuntu release […]

Full-disclosure I’m both a fan and an everyday user of VirtualBox and have been for many years. Simply put, as an easy-to-use desktop virtualization tool, it works without much hassle, setup or prior knowledge. The new VirtualBox 5.0.18 update isn’t a major milestone like the 5.x update, but it does have all kinds of incremental […]

From the ‘I thought Han Solo dies?’ files: The last time I wrote about Apache Wookie was May 2012, on the occasion of the open-source project’s 0.10.0 release. In a nutshell, the Apache Wookie project is a Java Application Server, for widgets that can be W3C compliant and work with the OpenSocial effort. Wookie never […]

The Apache 2.4.x web server family continues to improve, albeit in incremental step forward. Apache 2.4 first debuted in February 2012, becoming the leading edge of Apache HTTTP server releases. With the Apache HTTP 2.4.17 update in October 2015, Apache added support for HTTP2. Now with the new Apache HTTP 2.4.20 update, there are some […]

From the ‘They Grow Up So Fast..’ files: In September of 2008, the first Chrome browser debuted and now nearly 8 years later, Chrome 50 is now available. Over its life, Chrome has gone from an interesting Google project, to now dominate the web, being (arguably) the most used web browser in the world. Chrome […]

Weaveworks is now embracing the new Container Networking Interface (CNI) standard used by Kubernetes. Weaveworks COO Mathew Lodge explained that Weave Net emulates an layer 2 network. On each Docker host it looks like a virtual Ethernet bridge. Between Docker hosts it’s Layer 2 over VXLAN (Ethernet over IP tunnel), which is layer 2 over […]

BMC went private in 2013 and ever since has been on a path to transform itself into a more agile operation. Part of that transformation is a focus on enabling security, according to Bill Berutti, president of the cloud, data center and performance businesses at BMC. The new BladeLogic Threat Director builds on a technology […]

Prior to the Advancive acquisition, Optiv already had 50 people working on IAM services, explained Bryan Weise, Optiv’s vice president of identity and access management. With the Advancive deal, Optive is adding another 35 experienced staff members to expand its capabilities and IAM services potential, he said, adding that Optiv has both been a partner […]

Let’s Encrypt was first announced in November 2014, and in April 2015 it became a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project, with the first publicly available free certificates issued in December. Now, after issuing more than 1.5 million free certificates, Josh Aas, Internet Security Research Group executive director and leader of the Let’s Encrypt project, is ready […]

Docker Engine 1.11 is out today and the most noteworthy piece is a complete refactoring of code to make use of new model, that used the containerD daemon to spin up new container instances with runC. All of that work is all about being complaint with the Open Container Initiative’s (OCI) container specification, which are […]