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CoCo VMs On Linux Will Now Panic If RdRand Is Broken To Avoid Catastrophic Conditions   Virtualization   2024-04-07
BusyBox 1.36 Released With SeedRNG, Many Other Additions   Free Software   2023-01-03
Linux 6.2 Looks To Enable "-funsigned-char" To Better Deal With Buggy Code   Linux Kernel   2022-12-06
Linux getrandom vDSO Implementation Updated, Glibc Patch In Testing   Linux Kernel   2022-11-27
The Linux Kernel Has Been Forcing Different Behavior For Processes Starting With "X"   Linux Kernel   2022-11-07
FreeBSD Re-Introduces WireGuard Support Into Its Kernel   BSD   2022-10-29
Linux 6.1 Continues Improving The RNG & Crypto Code   Linux Kernel   2022-10-04
Linux getrandom() vDSO Patch Updated For ~15x Speedup   Linux Security   2022-09-18
Linux 6.0 To Continue Advancing Its Random Number Generator (RNG)   Linux Security   2022-08-01
Linux Proposal Adding getrandom() To The vDSO For Better Performance   GNU   2022-07-29
Linux To Drop "nordrand" Option - Users Should Instead Switch To "random.trust_cpu"   Linux Security   2022-07-10
NVIDIA's Open-Source Kernel Driver, Graviton3 & Fedora 36 Made For An Exciting May   Phoronix   2022-05-31
Linux's RNG Code Continues Modernization Effort With v5.19   Linux Kernel   2022-05-25
VirtualBox On Linux Affected By Security Vulnerability Leaking Host Data To Guests   Virtualization   2022-05-18
/dev/random + /dev/urandom Unification May Be Revisited In The Future, Blocker Addressed   Linux Kernel   2022-04-26
Linux To Try To Opportunistically Initialize /dev/urandom   Linux Security   2022-04-07
Last Minute Random/RNG Updates Land In Linux 5.18   Linux Kernel   2022-04-01
Steam Deck, Ryzen Servers, Apple M1 On Linux & Milan-X Excited Linux Users In Q1   Phoronix   2022-03-31
Linux 5.18 To Bring Many Random Number Generator Improvements   Linux Kernel   2022-03-18
Steam Deck, GNOME 42 Advancements & AMD Linux Updates Excited Readers In February   Phoronix   2022-03-01
Linux RNG Improvements Aim For Better VM Security   Linux Kernel   2022-02-25
Linux's getrandom() Sees A 8450% Improvement With Latest Code   Linux Kernel   2022-02-22
Linux 5.17 Random Number Generator Seeing Speed-Ups, Switching From SHA1 To BLAKE2s   Linux Kernel   2022-01-07
Linux 5.17 To Replace SHA1 With BLAKE2s For Faster & More Secure "Random"   Linux Storage   2021-12-30
WireGuard Sees Native, High-Performance Port To The Windows Kernel   Linux Networking   2021-08-02
-O3 Compiler Optimization Level Still Deemed Too Unsafe For The Linux Kernel   Linux Kernel   2021-06-05
New & Much Improved WireGuard Implementation Comes To FreeBSD   BSD   2021-03-15
WireGuard For Windows Updated With Improved Installer, ARM/ARM64 Support   Microsoft   2020-11-24
Linux Developers Discussing Possible Kernel Driver For Intel CPU Undervolting   Intel   2020-10-21
Better Support For Newer Synaptics Laptop Touchpads Coming To Linux 5.10   Hardware   2020-10-07
WireGuard Support Merged Into Upstream OpenBSD   BSD   2020-06-21
Another Attack Vector Uncovered For Bypassing Linux Lockdown Via ACPI Tables   Linux Security   2020-06-15
Ubuntu 18.04's Heavily Patched Kernel Opens Door To Lockdown Bypass, Breaks Secure Boot   Ubuntu   2020-06-14
Upstream Linux Developers Against "-O3" Optimizing The Kernel   Linux Kernel   2020-05-13
WireGuard Ported To The OpenBSD Kernel - Looking For Upstream Inclusion   BSD   2020-05-12
There Is Now A WireGuard Benchmark For Testing Linux Networking Performance   Linux Networking   2020-04-20
/dev/random Seeing Performance Work For Linux 5.7   Linux Kernel   2020-04-06
WireGuard 1.0.0 Christened As A Modern Secure VPN Alternative To OpenVPN/IPsec   Linux Networking   2020-03-30
Linux 5.6 Crypto Getting AVX/AVX2/AVX-512 Optimized Poly1305 - Helps WireGuard   Linux Kernel   2020-01-16
WireGuard Issues New Module Release, 1.0 Coming With Linux 5.6   Linux Networking   2019-12-26
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Might Still End Up Shipping With WireGuard Support   Ubuntu   2019-12-12
WireGuard Sends Out Latest Patch Revision In Preparing For Linux 5.6   Linux Networking   2019-12-09
WireGuard Could Be Mainlined Before Christmas   Linux Networking   2019-11-27
Linux 5.5 Crypto Code Has The Changes To Usher In WireGuard   Linux Networking   2019-11-26
Latest WireGuard Patch Out For Review With It Looking Like It Will Land For Linux 5.6   Linux Networking   2019-11-21
Linux's Crypto API Is Adopting Some Aspects Of Zinc, Opening Door To Mainline WireGuard   Linux Kernel   2019-11-19
WireGuard Restored In Android's Google Play Store After Brief But Controversial Removal   Linux Networking   2019-10-18
Google Ejects Open-Source WireGuard From Android Play Store Over Donation Link In App   Linux Networking   2019-10-16
WireGuard 0.0.20191012 Released With Latest Fixes   Linux Networking   2019-10-13
WireGuard Will Port To Existing Linux Crypto API In Order To Make It In The Kernel   Linux Networking   2019-09-25
New WireGuard Snapshot Offers Better Compatibility With Distributions/Kernels   Linux Networking   2019-09-16
WireGuard Releases New Snapshot While Not Expected For Linux 5.4 Mainline   Linux Networking   2019-09-06
WireGuard Sees New Snapshot With Windows, Linux & BSD Updates   Linux Networking   2019-05-31
WireGuard Didn't Make It Into Linux 5.2 Due To Windows Port, But That Is Now Available   Linux Networking   2019-05-09
New WireGuard Snapshot Offers FreeBSD Fixes, Other Tweaks   Linux Networking   2019-04-07
WinTUN: Windows Finally Gets A Good TUN Driver & It's Open-Source   Microsoft   2019-03-24
WireGuard Sent Out Again For Review, Might Make It Into Linux 5.2 Kernel   Linux Networking   2019-03-22
WireGuard VPN Tunnel Software Publishes New Snapshot But It Won't Be In Linux 5.1   Linux Networking   2019-02-28
WireGuard Released For macOS, WireGuard Windows Coming & Linux Kernel Bits Still Pending   Linux Networking   2019-02-17
New WireGuard Snapshot Released With Linux 5.0 Support, Other Fixes   Linux Networking   2019-01-24
WireGuard Is Now Available From Apple's App Store   Linux Networking   2018-12-26
WireGuard Issues New Snapshot, But Doesn't Look Like It Will Make It Into Linux 4.21   Linux Networking   2018-12-20
WireGuard Is Now Available On Apple iOS   Linux Networking   2018-11-06
Intel 2.5G Ethernet On The Horizon With New "IGC" Driver; WireGuard Not In Net-Next   Linux Networking   2018-10-24
WireGuard v7 Published As What's Hopefully Going Into The Next Kernel   Linux Networking   2018-10-06
Learn More About The Zinc Crypto API, Which Hopes To Get Into Linux 5.0 With WireGuard   Linux Security   2018-10-02
WireGuard v6 Might Be Ready For The Mainline Kernel, ARM Changes Added   Linux Networking   2018-09-25
WireGuard Picks Up A Simpler Kconfig, Zinc Crypto Performance Fix   Linux Networking   2018-09-20
It's Looking Like WireGuard Could Be Ready In Time For Linux 4.20~5.0   Linux Networking   2018-09-15
WireGuard Takes Another Step Towards The Mainline Linux Kernel   Linux Networking   2018-08-25
Speck Crypto Code Called For Removal From The Linux Kernel   Linux Kernel   2018-08-07
Zinc: The New Crypto Library Being Worked On As Part Of WireGuard   Linux Networking   2018-08-02
WireGuard Now Under Review, First Step Towards Getting Included In The Linux Kernel   Linux Networking   2018-07-31
US Senator Recommends Open-Source WireGuard To NIST For Government VPN   Linux Networking   2018-06-30
We Could See WireGuard Upstreamed In The Linux Kernel In 2018   Linux Networking   2017-11-11
WireGuard Could Soon Be On Its Way To The Linux Kernel   Linux Networking   2017-11-02
WireGuard Is Still Looking Good As A Linux VPN Tunnel   Linux Networking   2017-02-13
SipHash Is Being Worked On For Further Security In The Linux Kernel   Linux Kernel   2017-01-08
WireGuard Secure Network Tunnel Is Eyeing Mainline, Running On Android   Linux Networking   2017-01-01
Next-Generation Secure Network Tunnel Announced For The Linux Kernel   Linux Kernel   2016-06-28
Four Remote Packet-of-Death Vulnerabilities In The Linux Kernel   Linux Kernel   2015-05-13
Pass 1.5 Open-Source Password Manager Released   Free Software   2014-04-13
CGIT 0.10 Brings Lua Scripting Support, New Features   Free Software   2014-01-17
CGit Update Adds Exciting Features, Security Fix   Linux Security   2013-05-27
CGit Maintainer Disappears, Security Hole Found   Linux Security   2012-11-15