Kernel.org partially back in operation

Kernel.org partially back in operation

The web servers are holding back from Kernel.org the Git repositories of some Linux developers before - including the depot maintained by Linus Torvalds with the main development branch of Linux. The entries on the front page download links to the archives with the sources of the Linux kernel are currently still nowhere. So after four weeks of time off Kernel.org is now partially back in operation, the administrators had taken about four weeks before the servers for maintenance of the network after the end of August it was revealed that some of the attacker had gained access to the computer.

Some Kernel.org services but are not yet available and will only follow in the coming weeks, the number of subsystems such as wikis are as accessible as the little bug-tracking system bugzilla.kernel.org. Also on the night of Monday to Tuesday released kernel 3.0.5 and 3.0.6 are on the front page of Kernel.org not yet listed, but available via git. Some users may also be the domain only achievable if the changes have circulated on the DNS, which can take several hours.

According to a brief statement to the news section front page of the administrators Kernel.org some changes to the structure of the servers have made to improve the site for developers and users. What was previously known, developers now have no shell access to the more Git repositories. The kernel developers are to invest is also PGP / GPG key to access Kernel.org and have them signed by other developers to create a "web of trust" to build, the developer is also advised to ensure that no attackers on their systems . roam The Kernel.org Admins also provide a report in view, should provide the details for burglary.

The somewhat slower kernel development should therefore now gradually returned to normal, Torvalds and some other developers had in the meantime to places like github dodged to publish their git repositories on Linux and Linux-related software. This seems increasingly likely that Torvalds Linux kernel 3.1 in one to two weeks are free, as he had in the vicinity of the release of the RC7 already indicated.