Unikernels, Meet Docker!

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November 19, 2015

Today, unikernels took to the stage at DockerCon EU in Barcelona!

As part of the Cool Hacks session in the closing keynote, Anil Madhavapeddy (MirageOS project lead), showed how unikernels can be treated as any other container. He first used Docker to build a unikernel microservice and then followed up by deploying a real web application with database, webserver and PHP code all running as distinct unikernel microservices built using Rump Kernels. Docker managed the unikernels just like Linux containers but without needing to deploy a traditional operating system!

This kind of integration helps put unikernels into the hands of developers everywhere and combines the familiar tooling and real-world workflows of the container ecosystem with the improved security, efficiency and specialisation of unikernels. Weâ€™ll finish off this post with details of how you can get involved â€” but first, before we go into Anilâ€™s demonstration in more detail, some background about why unikernels matter, and why it makes sense to use Docker this way.

Microsoft Secures the Windows Docker Container

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November 19, 2015

Microsoft continues its work on creating a home for Docker on Windows. Thursday’s release of Windows Server 2016 release candidate 4 (RC 4) introduces a new kind of Docker Windows container, secured within the company’s virtualization machine, Hyper-VM.

Hyper-V containers use the same image format as the Docker containers that run on Windows — which the company introduced in preview form earlier this year — but they offer the greater isolation provided by a virtual machine.

Although the Microsoft first announced the idea of Hyper-V Containers a year ago, “This is the first time the world gets to play with them,” said Taylor Brown, principal programming management lead at Microsoft.

Wine 1.7.x Branch Closed, Wine 1.8 to Launch Soon

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Softpedia

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November 19, 2015

The Wine project is going through some important changes, and they were announced a while back. Following the release of the previous 1.7.55 version, the Wine project is now preparing for the launch of the 1.8 branch.

The Wine development cycle was changed a couple of months ago, and it was established that the current model was not worki… (read more)

Qualcomm Probed in South Korea Over Licensing Practices

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eWeek

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November 19, 2015

Officials with the chip maker say South Korean regulators say the company’s licensing practices violate the country’s competition laws.

Samsung Hits Record High TV Sales as Everyone Else Struggles

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The Verge

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November 19, 2015

It’s hard out there for most TV manufacturers, but Samsung seems to be doing just fine. In fact, it set a new record for TV sales last month, hitting $1 billion in North America over the course of October, which Samsung says is a new monthly high for the market. Samsung has reached that record by becoming the dominant TV seller in North America, representing around 35 percent of the US market and around 28 percent of the Canadian market, according to figures it cites from NPD. It’s also taking over half of all US and Canadian sales of 4K TVs, which is a small but growing market.

Though those figures may not make it sound like Samsung is dominating the TV market, it really is one of the only successful names right now. Sharp just pulled…

Ubuntu Touch OTA-8 Update Officially Released

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Softpedia

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November 19, 2015

A new OTA update for Ubuntu Touch has been released, and users should start receiving it right about now.

OTA updates for Ubuntu Touch are released every six weeks or so, and the eighth one was delayed, but only for a day. It wasn’t a big problem, and the developers promised to have it fixed, which they already did.

We’ve… (read more)

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Brings Container Updates & Faster Networking

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Phoronix

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November 19, 2015

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 reached its general availability status this morning…

Dell Shows Strategic Focus on HPC at SC15

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insideHPC

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November 19, 2015

Today Dell unveiled sweeping advancements to its industry-leading high performance computing portfolio. These advances include innovative new systems designed to simplify mainstream adoption of HPC and data analytics in research, manufacturing and genomics. Dell also unveiled expansions to its HPC Innovation Lab and showcased next-generation technologies including the Intel Omni-Path Fabric. HPC is becoming increasingly critical to how organizations of all sizes innovate and compete. Many organizations lack the in-house expertise to configure, build and deploy an HPC system without losing focus on their core science, engineering and analytic missions. As an example, according to the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, 98 percent of all products will be designed digitally by 2020, yet 95 percent of the center’s 300,000 manufacturing companies have little or no HPC expertise.

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Developer Claims: “A New, Fast & Unbreakable Encryption Algorithm”

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Phoronix

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November 19, 2015

An unheard of independent developer has proclaimed designing a new, fast, and unbreakable encryption algorithm. While he admits to not being a mathematician or cryptoanalyst, he’s wanting to get this encryption algorithm in the mainline Linux kernel and distributions…

What is the best product for my needs?

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Paul Neese

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November 19, 2015

I have a project for work that needs a very secure system. I’m looking at using Linux and am wondering what I need to meet my needs. I am new to Linux but have worked around IT personel for years so obviously know a little bit about it. Let me try to explain what is currently being used, the problems with the current system, and what I need out of the future system below.

We have dedicated computers that are mounted to each of our production machines. These computers run a custom written VBA program called ProLink. This program has the machine operating parameters and recipe files that contain how the machine is to operate and what is considered a good or bad part. The machines have an ini file which controls the path of the security file for logins, passwords, and permissions which is nothing more than an Access DB.

The problem becomes, we have a group of employees that like to hack these computers. They change the path of the security file, change the permission or users in the file, etc. They also like to screw with it just because they can. Most of the machines are currently running Windows 7. To help eleviate the tampering, I have installed a free Rockwell product called DeckLock. It allows only the programs and functions that are defined by the Administrator (me). Then I modified the windows registry, etc to remove things like Cntrl+Alt+Del, Safe Mode, Switching users, etc. But, this still didn’t stop our professional hackers. They have now figured out such things as hard booting the machine to get around DeskLock, changing the path of the security file, rolling back to an earlier version of a recovery file, etc.

I need them to have the following only (at least at this time):

1) Run Prolink

2) Copy 1 dedicated parameter file to/from a thumb drive based upon user rights

3) Reboot Computer in case it freezes, etc

4) Admistrator back door only for things like needing to modifying Security DB path, etc

5) Run a simple VB script to popup a message when prompted (kinda like a reminder)

That is it. There’s no need for pinball, Explorer, regedit, or anything else to be in the hands of anyone running the machines. What product(s) do you guys recommed and why? Obviously, we need a very secure system.