This week at LWN: Ksplice: kernel patches without reboots

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on May 8, 2008 7:41 PM EDT
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The kernel developers are generally quite good about responding to security problems. Once a vulnerability in the kernel has been found, a patch comes out in short order; system administrators can then apply the patch (or get a patched kernel from their distributor), reboot the system, and get on with life knowing that the vulnerability has been fixed. It is a system which works pretty well.

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