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What Makes SSL Fail, and What Can SREs Do About It?

TLS (and the previously used SSL) protocols make the web go round. They are fundamental when establishing a link between two computers, creating a very special mathematical relationship signified by the all-encompassing gesture of friendship: the handshake. So fundamental, in fact, that we probably take them for granted when we shouldn’t. The user relies on TLS encryption every day to protect data and the integrity of a session.

Privacy Protections, PCI Compliance and Vulnerability Management for Kubernetes

Containers are becoming the new computing standard for many businesses. New technology does not protect you from traditional security concerns. If your containers handle any sensitive data, including personally identifiable information (PII), credit cards or accounts, you’ll need to take a ‘defense in depth’ approach to container security. The CI/CD pipeline is vulnerable at every stage, from build to ship to runtime.

Deploy realtime GraphQL APIs in minutes with Qovery and Hasura

Hasura is an open source engine that connects to your databases & microservices and auto-generates a production-ready GraphQL backend. By using Hasura in conjunction with Qovery, you get a blazing fast, auto-scallable and extensible solution to quickly build your applications.

Covid-19 response drives decentralized IT Ops

As Covid-19 continues to dramatically affect the world, Interlink Software is squarely focused on supporting its customers and partners to continue to serve the thousands of employees and customers reliant on their services. Without the luxury of detailed, strategic planning, our customers have been forced to adapt at speed to current events, supporting an unprecedented number of employees as they transition to working from home. Interlink Software included.

The Wellcome Sanger Institute: sharing genomic research worldwide securely with supported Ceph

A world-leading genomic research centre, the Wellcome Sanger Institute uses advanced DNA sequencing technology for large-scale studies that surpass the capabilities of many other organisations. Among other works, the Institute is currently heading the UK-wide Darwin Tree of Life Project to map the genetic code of 60,000 complex species.

Lost in the clouds: Managing risk and reaping rewards on your cloud journey

Moving applications to a public cloud, no matter why you’re making that journey, is a high-stakes proposition. As an industry, we’re focused on rapidly moving forward to give our businesses the competitive edge they need. However, when it comes to cloud migration, we often fail to stop and ask some critical questions, and as a result we end up overspending and underperforming.

How to Deploy OKD Minishift onto a Publicly-Hosted VM

If you are familiar with minikube, a lightweight implementation of the Kubernetes ecosystem, then you may have also heard of Minishift. Designed as a development platform and delivered through a utility, this is the Red Hat OKD (Origin Kubernetes Distribution—formerly called OpenShift Origin) all-in-one implementation of Red Hat OpenShift. Being highly versatile, it can be deployed on varying platforms.

Episode 11: Connecting to Redis with .Net Core and C#

We've finally finished screwing around with basic groundwork. Today we start writing actually useful application code! First, can we connect to Redis? Connecting to Redis implies some connection strings, so we'll create a basic environment based configuration while we're thinking about it.