I’m a big fan of the raspberry pi… It’s a very versitile device, pretty rock solid, compact and powered by any 5 volt power supply .
And now become a bigger fan with the release of the A+. Swapping the SD card to a microSD card and more GPIO pins to connect to.
Here’s further information: Raspberry PI A+
Today shows the release of OpenBSD 5.6. Download OpenBSD 5.6
There’s quite a few changes but most notable is the inclusion of LibreSSL and sendmail is no longer default, it’s SMTPD. Head over to the website for a full list of changes etc.
Personally I prefer CentOS over OpenBSD, but it’s all down to personal preference as all in all, all Unix type systems are pretty much the same.
Last month I blogged about the newest vulnerability in BASH. This has an official name now “ShellShock” and looks to be exploited in the wild with the botnet Mayhem which is aimed towards Linux systems.
Unfortunately it’s not just web servers which are vulnerable. There’s lots of devices out there which use Linux web servers, from home routers to mobile phones and other devices.
I’d recommend anyone using a Linux based system to do the following tests and check to make sure their system is not vulnerable. Tests for Shellshock Vulnerability
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