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Submission + - FreeBSD 12 Released

Submitted by vivekgite
vivekgite writes: The 12th version of the FreeBSD has been released, bringing updated hardware support, OpenSSL has been updated to version 1.1.1a, KDE 5.12.5, OpenSSH updated to version 7.8p1, clang 6.0.1, NFS version 4.1 with pNFS support and more. Minor usability changes like dd command showing status like GNU/Linux dd command, less is a default pager, and GPU driver updated to support the latest version of ATI/AMD and Intel hardware. For a complete list of new features and known problems, please see the online release notes and errata list here. New updated features and improvements bring about an even more robust operating system for both companies and end users alike benefit significantly from using FreeBSD 12. There is a quick FreeBSD 11.x to 12.x upgrade guide posted here. FreeBSD downloads are here which include amd64/i386, Sparc, PowerPC, and even custom SD card images for Raspberry Pi, Beagle-bone and other devices.

Submission + - Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 7.5 released

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Red Hat today announced the general availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 7.5. The latest version of the commercial enterprise Linux platform. Serving as a consistent foundation for hybrid cloud environments, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 provides enhanced security and compliance controls, tools to reduce storage costs, and improved usability, as well as further integration with Microsoft Windows infrastructure both on-premise and in Microsoft Azure. New feature includes a large combination of Ansible Automation with OpenSCAP, LUKS-encrypted removable storage devices can be now automatically unlocked using NBDE, Gnome 3.26, Kernel 3.10.0-862 and 4.14 for ARM/Power 8, KVM for POWER8, LibreOffice 5.3, GIMP 2.8.22, Inkscape 0.92.2 and much more. The detailed release note is here and a quick RHEL 7.4 to 7.5 update is posted here.

Submission + - Updated Debian Linux 9.3 and 8.10 released

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: The Debian project is pleased to announce the third update of its stable distribution Debian 9 (codename stretch). This point release mainly adds corrections for security issues, along with a few adjustments for serious problems. Security advisories have already been published separately and are referenced where available. The Debian project also announce the tenth update of its oldstable distribution Debian 8 (codename jessie).

Please note that the point release does not constitute a new version of Debian 9 or 8 but only updates some of the packages included. There is no need to throw away old jessie or stretch DVD/CD media. After installation, packages can be upgraded to the current versions using an up-to-date Debian mirror. This stable update adds a few important corrections to packages. New installation images will be available soon at the mirrors.

Those who frequently install updates from security.debian.org won't have to update many packages, and most such updates are included in the point release. One can use the apt command or apt-get command to apply updates. A step-by-step update guide is posted here.

Submission + - OpenSSL support in Debian Unstable drops TLS 1.0/1.1 support

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Debian Linux "sid" is deprecating TLS 1.0 Encryption. A new version of OpenSSL has been uploaded to Debian Linux unstable. This version disables the TLS 1.0 and 1.1 protocol. This currently leaves TLS 1.2 as the only supported SSL/TLS protocol version. This will likely break certain things that for whatever reason still don't support TLS 1.2. I strongly suggest that if it's not supported that you add support for it, or get the other side to add support for it. OpenSSL made a release 5 years ago that supported TLS 1.2. The current support of the server side seems to be around 90%. I hope that by the time Buster releases the support for TLS 1.2 will be high enough that I don't need to enable them again.

This move caused some concern among Debian users and sysadmins. If you are running Debian Unstable on server tons of stuff is going to broken cryptographically. Not to mention legacy hardware and firmware that still uses TLS 1.0. On the client side (i.e. your users), you need to use the latest version of a browser such as Chrome/Chromium and Firefox. The Older version of Android (e.g. Android v5.x and earlier) do not support TLS 1.2. You need to use minimum iOS 5 for TLS 1.2 support. Same goes with SMTP/mail servers, desktop email clients, FTP clients and more. All of them using old outdated crypto.

This move will also affect for Android 4.3 users or stock MS-Windows 7/IE users (which has TLS 1.2 switched off in Internet Options.) Not to mention all the mail servers out there running outdated crypto.
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Submission + - The Good and Ugly Side Of GPL 1

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An anonymous reader writes: Matt Mullenweg (the creator of wordpress open source blog software), after review by various legal experts, is sticking to his guns that themes and plugins that "extend" Wordpress violates the GPL if they are not themselves distributed under the GPL. Matt has gone so far as to post this on Twitter. Accoding to Matt, premium template called thesis should be under GPL and the owner is not happy about it. WordPress is willing to sue the maker of thesis theme for not following GPL licensing. The webmasters and thesis owners are also confused with new development. Mark Jaquith wrote an excellent technical analysis of why WordPress themes inherit the GPL. This is why even if Thesis hadn't copy and pasted large swathes of code from WordPress (and GPL plugins) its PHP would still need to be under the GPL. The Open Source / GPL vs Thesis debate continues further and some claims that Matt Mullenweg is anti-capitalist, the GPL is a communist ideology, and why users should moving away from WordPress.

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