Live patching is a way of updating a running system without stopping it. It is best known as a technique for keeping Linux servers updated to the latest security levels without affecting downtime.

Vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel fixed in 2012 went unpatched for more than two years on average, more than twice as long as it took to fix unpatched flaws in current Windows OSes, according ...

This may seem like a shock, but is it possible that the Linux patching has surpassed the Mac and Windows operating systems? Recent vulnerabilities in Adobe Macromedia Flash and Mozilla Firefox that ...

米SUSEは5月26日(現地時間)、「SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching」を発表した。これにより、SAP HANAプラットフォームやSAP NetWeaverテクノロジー・プラットフォームなどSAPアプリケーション上でワークロードを実行するユーザー企業は、計画的ダウンタイムに伴う ...

“In addition to increasing service availability by updating critical kernel patches without rebooting, and reducing the need for planned downtime by patching frequently, SUSE Linux Enterprise Live ...

The latest trends and issues around the use of open source software in the enterprise. If there’s one thing that Linux needs to aid its march onwards it is (arguably) more enterprise robustness.

Unpatched vulnerabilities are one of the main points of entry for cyberattacks. Attacks on infrastructure are increasing, and IT teams are struggling to keep up with the swathe of new issues that are ...

Linux 4.0 is almost upon us! It’s codenamed “Hurr durr I’ma sheep.” Yes, seriously. Linux kernels have weird codenames. Setting aside the head-scratching title, Linux 4.0 isn’t a massive change from ...

Detecting vulnerabilities and managing the associated patching is challenging even in a small-scale Linux environment. Scale things up and the challenge becomes almost unsurmountable. There are ...

Patching a Linux kernel without any downtime is likely to become a common practice over the next few years; two patches released earlier this year are likely to make what is a task requiring downtime ...