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Friday, August 9th, 2019
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Event |
| 1:47p |
Security updates for Friday
Security updates have been issued by Debian (postgresql-11, postgresql-9.4, and postgresql-9.6), Fedora (exiv2), openSUSE (python-Django and vlc), Oracle (kernel), Red Hat (qemu-kvm-rhev), SUSE (evince, nodejs10, python, and squid), and Ubuntu (postgresql-10, postgresql-11, postgresql-9.5). | | 4:12p |
A Kubernetes security assessment The Kubernetes community has posted the
extensive results [PDF] of a security assessment performed earlier this year. " Overall, Kubernetes is a large system with significant
operational complexity. The assessment team found configuration and
deployment of Kubernetes to be non-trivial, with certain components having
confusing default settings, missing operational controls, and implicitly
defined security controls. Also, the state of the Kubernetes codebase has
significant room for improvement. The codebase is large and complex, with
large sections of code containing minimal documentation and numerous
dependencies, including systems external to Kubernetes. There are many
cases of logic re-implementation within the codebase which could be
centralized into supporting libraries to reduce complexity, facilitate
easier patching, and reduce the burden of documentation across disparate
areas of the codebase." | | 4:31p |
[$] Akaunting: a web-based accounting system One of these years, LWN will have a new accounting system based on free software. That transition has not yet happened, though, despite the expending of a fair amount of energy into researching alternatives. Your editor recently became aware of a system called Akaunting, so a look seemed worthwhile. This tool may have the features that some users want, but it seems clear that your editor's quest is not done yet. | | 5:58p |
Stable kernels 5.2.8, 4.19.66, and 4.14.138 Greg Kroah-Hartman has announced the release of three new stable kernels: 5.2.8, 4.19.66, and 4.14.138. As usual, the kernels contain important fixes, so users should upgrade. |
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