By Paul Krill GitHub will release as open source the GitHub Load Balancer (GLB), its internally developed load balancer. GLB was originally built to accommodate GitHub’s need to serve billions of HTTP, Git, and …read more Source:: OpenSource
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The Apache Foundation’s incredible rise
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•By Matt Asay The Apache Software Foundation recently released its 28-page annual report for its 2015-2016 year, but here’s the TL;DR in one word: amazing. What started as a simple HTTP server …read more Source:: OpenSource
What a Successful Exploit of a Linux Server Looks Like
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•Andre’ DiMino Like most mainstream operating systems these days, fully patched installations of Linux provide a level of security that requires a fair amount of malicious hacking to overcome. Those assurances can be completely undone by a single unpatched application, as Andre’ DiMino has demonstrated when he documented an Ubuntu machine in his lab being…