Jeremy Allison@jra_samba

Co-Creator of Samba

 Cupertino
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Joined August 2009
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Very sad news. After an illness, Steve French, the Linux kernel CIFSFS / SMB maintainer has passed away: linkedin.com/in/steve-french… I've known Steve for over 20 years. He was a legend in the community, and a really good friend. He will be greatly missed. Farewell Steve.

Steve French - Austin, Texas, United States | Professional Profile | LinkedIn

Location: Austin · 500+ connections on LinkedIn. View Steve French’s profile on LinkedIn, a professional community of 1 billion members.

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Linux Weekly News did an excellent write up of my talk in 2022 explaining the problems with symbolic links in UNIX here: lwn.net/Articles/899543/

The trouble with symbolic links

At the 2022 sambaXP conference, Jeremy Allison gave a talk titled 'The UNIX Filesystem API is p [...]

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Welcome to Microsoft officially as a Samba vendor 🙂. It's been a long time coming, but I'm very grateful they got there in the end. Fully GPLv3 compliant too ! packages.microsoft.com/.../b… samba-4.23.5-4.azl4.src.rpm
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Interview I did with TFIR on Post-Quantum Cryptography. tfir.io/post-quantum-cryptog…

Post-Quantum Cryptography and Harvest-Now Attacks | CIQ

CIQ's Jeremy Allison explains post-quantum cryptography, harvest-now-decrypt-later attacks, and why organizations need to start migrating to quantum-resistant algorithms today.

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How hardened_malloc blocks heap exploits on Rocky Linux

Jeremy Allison explains the hardened_malloc allocator in RLC Pro Hardened: zeroed frees, write-after-free detection, 8-byte canaries, and guard pages.

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Webinar talking about Vendor Kernels, Bugs and Stability. piped.video/watch?v=A7IttIq6…
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The Register covers CIQ's kernel white paper. theregister.com/2024/05/21/l…

Long-term supported distros' kernel policies are all wrong

Comment: Or so says CIQ, which coincidentally has issues obtaining RHEL's kernel sources

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Jeremy Allison retweeted
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🚨 In #Linux news! CIQ engineers have discovered why actively maintaining upstream kernels is vital for security & stability. They shared the results of their research in an insightful #CIQ white paper. 👉 Read the white paper here: hubs.li/Q02xyMyc0 #Stability #Kernel
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Our latest blog by Jeremy Allison uncovers why a 'frozen' distribution Linux kernel isn't the safest choice for security. 👀 Read the full blog here: hubs.li/Q02xzYZ_0
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Steven Vaughan-Nichols is covering the release of this data here: zdnet.com/article/are-all-li… /3

Are all Linux vendor kernels insecure? A new study says yes, but there's a fix - ZDNET

All vendor kernels are plagued with security vulnerabilities, according to a CIQ whitepaper. Will the Linux community ever accept upstream stable kernels?

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This is an executive summary of research that my colleagues Ronnie Sahlberg and Jonathan Maple did, published as a whitepaper with all the numeric details here: ciq.com/whitepaper/vendor-ke… /2

CIQ | Vendor kernels, bugs and stability

Introduction Linux vendor kernels are currently created by taking a frozen snapshot of a specific linux release associated with a git reference or git tag, and then back-porting selected fixes as the…

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Cracks in the Ice: Why a 'frozen' distribution Linux kernel isn't the safest choice for security: ciq.com/blog/why-a-frozen-li… /1

Why a frozen Linux kernel is not the safest choice

CIQ kernel research found vendor kernels accumulate more known bugs than upstream stable. Jeremy Allison on why frozen does not mean secure.

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SambaXP 2024 Conference talks are now available on youtube. A great set of talks on all aspects of Samba and the SMB protocol, including contributions from Microsoft. piped.video/playlist?list=PL…

sambaXP 2024

sambaXP 2024 was held online on April 17 and 18. Participants from all over the world enjoyed a variety of exciting presentations on the latest developments ...

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Day2 of SambaXP. Schedule here: sambaxp.org/#agenda Zoom links here: sambaxp.org/sxp-2024-faq

sambaXP 2027 | April 26-27

sambaXP is the annual meeting of the international Samba team and its ecosystem of developers, users and vendors all around the globe since 2002.

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SambaXP starting today ! Zoom links: sambaxp.org/sxp-2024-faq
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Notice anyone missing ? It's sad how far Google has fallen.. fortune.com/ranking/best-com…
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In case anyone has been wondering what I've been up to at CIQ for a year :-). linkedin.com/posts/gmkurtzer…

Ctrl IQ, Inc. | Gregory Kurtzer

If you love something,... set it free! My deep passion for open source began in the late 90s when I redirected my entire career to work more closely with Linux and learn how to become a member of...

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Webinar recording. piped.video/watch?v=YpEaIPWx…
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Join us tomorrow for an exclusive webinar with Jeremy Allison, co-creator of Samba and Distinguis...

Join us tomorrow for an exclusive webinar with Jeremy Allison, co-creator of Samba and Distinguished Engineer at CIQ. Gain valuable insights into Samba's significance in the open source community and...

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Free ! Online SambaXP Conference April 17-18, 2024. Details at sambaxp.org.
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