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Archives for June 2018

How to upgrade the Linux kernel in Fedora 28/29 quickly and easily

Cloud Insidr 2018-06-17 Leave a Comment

How to upgrade the Linux kernel in Fedora 28/29 quickly and easily

As zero-day exploits become increasingly common, keeping the kernel up to date is a top priority.

In CentOS 6.x/7.x and RHEL 6x./7.x, upgrading the Linux Kernel is a painful procedure which requires about a dozen steps. On Fedora, all it takes is a time-saving two-liner. You don’t need to concern yourself with the configuration of the grub boot manager, which is a frequent source of trouble on CentOS and RHEL.

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Filed Under: Linux, Uncategorized Tagged With: CentOS, Fedora, Fedora 28, Linux, Linux Kernel, RHEL, upgrade

The U.S. is back to #1! – Summit, the fastest supercomputer in the world was engineered with smarts… here is why

Cloud Insidr 2018-06-13 Leave a Comment

The U.S. is back to #1! – Summit, the fastest supercomputer in the world was engineered with smarts… here is why

The world’s fastest supercomputer is American again. President Donald Trump’s dedication to #MAGA (Making America Great Again) is showing results big time. Chief among them are the Tax Cut and Jobs Act (2017-2018), a booming economy and a growing stock market.

But economic prosperity also needs military might and IT technology that’s worthy of a superpower.

During the sad 8 years of the Obama presidency, the U.S. has ceded the #1 and #2 titles in the TOP500 super computers list to China.

That’s over.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: #1 on the TOP500 super computer list, IBM, Mellanox, NVIDIA, Oak Ridge National Laboratories, Summit, US Department of Energy

How to expand the EBS boot volume of a Linux-based EC2 instance

Cloud Insidr 2018-06-10 Leave a Comment

How to expand the EBS boot volume of a Linux-based EC2 instance

This is easier than you probably think: AWS will expand the EBS boot volume of an EC2 instance running Linux automatically when you launch a new instance off of it with the desired capacity.

Here is how it works in more detail.

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Filed Under: tips and tricks Tagged With: AMI, AWS, EC2, Linux

Fixing DNS: why you need a Trusted Recursive Resolver and DNS over HTTPS

Cloud Insidr 2018-06-06 Leave a Comment

Fixing DNS: why you need a Trusted Recursive Resolver and DNS over HTTPS

The DNS system is broken. The sorry state of DNS security exposes your server and your end users to a variety of risks. Some of those risks are preventable.

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Filed Under: cybersecurity and cyber warfare, DNS, encryption Tagged With: DNS, DNS checks, DNS over HTTPS, encryption

TLS 1.3 and post-quantum cryptography: unleashing perfect forward secrecy

Cloud Insidr 2018-06-03 Leave a Comment

TLS 1.3 and post-quantum cryptography: unleashing perfect forward secrecy

TLS 1.3 and post-quantum cryptography are subjects of much debate. Upgrade or wait—this is the big question facing administrators and users alike.

There are quite a few reasons to jump onto the TLS 1.3 bandwagon immediately, with or without quantum cryptography. Here is why.  

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Filed Under: cloud, edge and everything in between, cybersecurity and cyber warfare, encryption Tagged With: GDPR, perfect forward secrecy, post-quantum cryptography, TLS 1.3

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