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Open-source: Get SLAs to protect network apps with open-source components

Network World

The continuous influx of open-source software (OSS) into enterprise IT departments is, in many ways, an enormous boon to both vendors and users. For end-users, one of the chief advantages is—at least in theory—the improved security that’s part of the usual sales pitch for open source software.

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IBM z16: A mainframe designed for AI, hybrid cloud, security and open source

Network World

Today’s announcement of IBM’s new z16 mainframes promises a system that caters to enterprise needs that include support for AI, security, hybrid cloud, and open source efforts well into the future. Get regularly scheduled insights by signing up for Network World newsletters.]

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10 essential Linux tools for network and security pros

Network World

Picking just 10 Linux open source security tools isn’t easy, especially when network professionals and security experts have dozens if not several hundred tools available to them. There are different sets of tools for just about every task—network tunneling, sniffing, scanning, mapping.

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Log4j hearing: 'Open source is not the problem'

Network World

The high-tech community is still trying to figure out the long-term impact of the serious vulnerability found late last year in the open-source Apache Log4j software, and so is the US Senate. Software supply-chain security issues have bedeviled the cyber-policy community for years.”

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Tailscale, Mullvad partner to deliver secure, private web browsing

Network World

Security networking startup Tailscale has partnered with Mullvad to make Mullvad’s global network of VPN services available to Tailscale customers looking to maintain user privacy while browsing the internet. WireGuard is an open-source project that is designed for quick reconnections, which improves reliability.

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5 open source security tools too good to ignore

Network World

Open source is a wonderful thing. A significant chunk of today’s enterprise IT and personal technology depends on open source software. But even while open source software is widely used in networking, operating systems, and virtualization, enterprise security platforms still tend to be proprietary and vendor-locked.

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Log4j flaw needs immediate remediation

Network World

After nearly two years of adopting major network and security changes wrought by COVID-19 and hybrid work, weary IT network and security teams didn’t need another big issue to take care of, but they have one: Stemming potential damage from the recently disclosed vulnerability in open source Java-logging Apache Log4j software.