Re: [Publicity] More XSA 108 Coverage

[Sarah Conway <sconway@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi everyone.

In addition to eWeek, WSJ and ITNews, here is more coverage appearing since the advisory and blogs were issued this week.

Thanks,

Rackspace Joins Amazon in Cloud Reboot Over Xen Hypervisor Bug
http://vmblog.com/archive/2014/09/29/rackspace-joins-amazon-in-cloud-reboot-over-xen-hypervisor-bug.aspx

Understanding The Xen XSA-108 Security Issue
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTgwMjQ

Xen sheds light on 'serious' security bug affecting servers
http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2373641/xen-sheds-light-on-serious-security-bug-affecting-servers

Xen reveals XSA-108 memory leak bug details
http://www.techrepublic.com/article/xen-reveals-xsa-108-memory-leak-bug-details/

Google cuts cloud computing prices
http://www.techrepublic.com/article/google-cuts-cloud-computing-prices-gives-away-unlimited-storage-to-students/

Are Google's even lower prices -- and not using Xen -- tantalizing enough to switch to its services? Are the costs low enough to warrant a migration? Do you use Google Apps for Work, or Education? Let us know in the comments.

Serious hypervisor bug fix causes unexpected cloud downtime
http://threatpost.com/serious-hypervisor-bug-fix-causes-unexpected-cloud-downtime/108660

(reporter we "talked" to on Twitter)

CoreOS eliminates downtime from server OS patching
http://www.techrepublic.com/article/coreos-eliminates-downtime-from-server-os-patching/

CoreOS commentary on XSA-108

The Shellshock vulnerability and the even more recent Xen hypervisor vulnerability remind us of an important fact of enterprise IT: server OS patching is hard

CoreOS is trying to simplify OS patching. According to CoreOS CEO Alex Polvi, who was a guest on a recent Cloudcast podcast, CoreOS can solve patching headaches. The long-term value proposition of the CoreOS primary product of the same name is to bring Google Chrome-like updates to server updates.



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