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Linux Distributions Suffering with Denial of Service by systemd Vulnerability

A Linux Suffering from systemd(System and Service Manager) vulnerability that leads to performing a Denial of Service in many Linux based Distributions. Attacker Sending a DNS query to a DNS server by having a Vulnerable system eventually this vulnerability will exploit the Target Linux distribution systems. systemd is an init system used in Linux distributions to […]

Systemd vs SysV vs Upstart — Linux Service Management Throwdown

Short Bytes: The world of Linux is in a perpetual flame-war, the latest longstanding controversy is the topic of system service management. We needed a modern system service manager and systemd set a bar that nothing else could meet. Now with systemd being the default, many people are up in arms about it claiming that […]

7 Best Features Of Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety Yak

Short Bytes: The latest offering from Canonical is the Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety Yak open source operating system. It comes with the developer preview of the Unity 8 graphical shell and improvement to the Nautilus file browser. Ubuntu 16.10 has been updated with GNOME 3.20 applications and offers Linux kernel 4.8. Canonical Inc. has released the […]