Ever wondered you could escpae reboots after installing those softwares that necessarily need you to restart your system? Most often we all go for “Restart Later” option but what if we are one of the developers or system administrator handling very important systems and can’t afford to restart? There was no option earlier but the award winning Ksplice now enables you to escape all the necessary reboots after installations. Isn’t that cool?
KSplice has won awards like Web/IT Track Award and the Audience Choice Award at the MIT $100K Executive Summary Contest along with being finalists at Trophées du Libre. Ksplice also won the grand prize of the MIT $100K Business Plan Contest. That means KSplice has a solid idea!
Now what exactly is the technology?
We know that every mainstream OS requires regular reboots in order to update and secure itself.But since restarts cause downtime people are forced to choose between security and convenience. Downtime or delay for important systems can be bad for example within just six days after the announcement of the Linux sys_prctl vulnerability, many servers had been compromised so we intelligently needed a technology that could be rebootless so this is what KSplice does.
Ksplice enables running systems to stay secure without the disruption of rebooting. Specifically, Ksplice creates rebootless updates that are based on traditional source code patches. These updates are as effective as traditional updates, but they can be applied seamlessly, with no downtime.
Ksplice currently supports updating the Linux kernel, but the core technology applies to any operating system or to user space applications.
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interesting post. I hope you continue writing such good stuff