Researchers at MIT have turned an innovative open source security technology known as Ksplice into a commercial product. Ksplice Uptrack, whose general availability was announced today, eliminates the ...
Ksplice is an interesting open source project out of MIT that automates the process of applying security patches to the Linux kernel without rebooting, and it's getting notice by the Linux Foundation.
Everyone hates rebooting for updates. When system administrators reboot their servers, they have to manage an inconvenient outage window—quite possibly during the middle of the night—and they have to ...
Last summer we wrote about Ksplice, a hot new technology that allows Linux kernel updates to be applied in real time, without requiring a reboot. Whether you want to use this for your personal laptop, ...
BANGALORE, INDIA: When a Linux kernel updates, a reboot is required to apply the changes as you have to boot with the new kernel features. And in cases when the system happens to be a server, ...
Ksplice, the technology that allows Linux kernel updates without a reboot, is now free for users of the Fedora distribution. Using Ksplice is like “replacing your car’s engine while speeding down the ...
Every enterprise wants to harden its servers and increase uptime, but security updates often require reboots. Companies that want to please their customers need a better way to apply software updates.