Category Archives: Fedora

Fedora Linux 39 Beta

Here we go.. Announcing Fedora Linux 39 Beta...

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Privacy-preserving Telemetry for Fedora Workstation

No no no no, there is really no need to talk about this any further. Was discussed over the last 2 decade several times and wrapping the same topic in different words doesn’t make it better. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Telemetry...

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Fedora Linux 38 Beta

Getting ready for the next release… Announcing Fedora Linux 38 Beta...

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Log4j and Log4Shell

To help with the detection of #Log4Shell/#log4j, will the following tools – log4j-detect by @takito1812– log4j-scan by @FullHunt – log4j-vuln-scanner by @_hillu– log4jcheck by @NorthwaveLabs– log4shell-detector by @cyb3r...

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Fedora Linux

There was a time when Fedora was called Fedora Core. I can’t remember how long it took to get rid of “Core”. Now history is going to repeat itself once again. Fedora should be called “Fedora Linux”. “Fedora” ...

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fierce

fierce a #Python re-write of the perl-based ancient version is on the way to the @fedora Package Collection. I hope that it will be soon part of the @FedoraSL package set and that @kullnark will be pleased 😉https://t.co/qBqWaPN992 — Fabian &...

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What’s new in the Fedora Security Lab?

Unlike other security distributions is the Fedora Security Lab, speaking about the live media here, not standing alone. The Fedora Security Lab is a package set inside the Fedora Package Collection and a part of that package set is available …...

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Undercover mode for the Fedora Security Lab

Every time when there is a new release of Kali Linux it doesn’t take long till people start to ask when a feature or tool will be added to the Fedora Security Lab. This time the most asked feature is … Continue reading →...

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Linux engineer/project coordinator

The company of a friend of mine is looking for a “Linux human” for one of their customers. Thus this blog post is a bit of a job advertisement. Anyway, it could be the perfect position for a Fedora contributor … Continue reading &r...

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Hardware Random Number Generator PRG320

/dev/urandom/ is a pseudo random number generator used by for Fedora and other linux-based operating systems. This little Python snippet will get you some data: import binascii import os data = os.urandom(10) print(data) print(str(binascii.hexlify(by...

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Chemnitzer Linux Tage 2019

Once again, Robert and I went to Chemnitz. We don’t wanted to break with the tradition of having a Fedora Project booth at the Chemnitzer Linux Tage. Robert is representing the Fedora Project at CLT for over a decade now. … Continue read...

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Fedora Security Lab

The Fedora Security Lab was released as part of the Fedora 30 Candidate Beta cycle. Grab it, test it and report back. This time we don’t want to miss the release because of some last minute changes....

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Titan Security Key

During Nullcon I got a Titan Security Key. This device by Google is very similar to the popular Yubikeys. Unlike the first generation of Yubikeys is the Titan Security Key not generating an OTP (One-time password) but supports FIDO as … Contin...

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Fedora will be at CLT 2019

The Fedora Project will be at the Chemnitzer Linux Tage 2019. So far, Robert Scheck and I will make it happen. As we pretty much did it for the last 10 years. Again, are now looking for additional Ambassadors who … Continue reading →...

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Fedora Security Lab 30

Grab it and test it. Good news: The @fedora Security Lab is back ?https://t.co/mOPhIaaJ76 — Fabian Affolter (@fabaff) January 28, 2019...

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