Latest Version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Brings Enhanced Security, Management, & Monitoring to the World’s Leading Ente...
10 May 2016 - 11:30PM
Business Wire
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 adds improved
system archiving, new visibility into storage performance and an
updated open standard for secure virtual private networks
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open
source solutions, today announced the general availability of Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8, the latest version of the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6 platform. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 delivers
new capabilities and provides a stable and trusted platform for
critical IT infrastructure. With nearly six years of field-proven
success, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 has set the stage for the
innovations of today, as Red Hat Enterprise Linux continues to
power not only existing workloads, but also the technologies of the
future, from cloud-native applications to Linux containers.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 includes a number of new and
updated features to help organizations bolster platform security
and enhance systems management/monitoring capabilities,
including:
Enhanced Security, Authentication, and
Interoperability
To enhance security for virtual private networks (VPNs), Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.8 includes libreswan, an implementation
of one of the most widely supported and standardized VPN protocols,
which replaces openswan as the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 VPN
endpoint solution, giving Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 customers
access to recent advances in VPN security.
Customers running the latest version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 can see increased client-side performance and simpler management
through the addition of new capabilities to the Identity Management
client code (SSSD). Cached authentication lookup on the
client reduces the unnecessary exchange of user credentials with
Active Directory servers. Support for adcli simplifies the
management of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 systems interoperating
with an Active Directory domain. In addition, SSSD now supports
user authentication via smart cards, for both system login and
related functions such as sudo.
Enhanced Management and Monitoring
The inclusion of Relax-and-Recover, a system archiving
tool, provides a more streamlined system administration experience,
enabling systems administrators to create local backups in an ISO
format that can be centrally archived and replicated remotely for
simplified disaster recovery operations. An enhanced yum
tool simplifies the addition of packages, adding intelligence
to the process of locating required packages to add/enable new
platform features.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 provides increased visibility into
storage usage and performance through dmstats, a program
that displays and manages I/O statistics for user-defined regions
of devices using the device-mapper driver.
Additional Enhancements and Updates
For customers with ever-increasing volumes of data, the Scalable
File System Add-on for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 now supports
xfs filesystem sizes up to 300TB.
Additionally, the general availability of Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 6.8 includes the launch of an updated Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 6.8 base image which enables customers to migrate their
traditional workloads into container-based applications – suitable
for deployment on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and Red Hat Enterprise
Linux Atomic Host.
Today’s release also marks the transition of Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 6 into Production Phase 2, a phase which prioritizes ongoing
stability and security features for critical platform deployments.
More information on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux lifecycle can be
found at
https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata.
Supporting Quote
Jim Totton, vice president and general manager, Platforms
Business Unit, Red Hat“Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 continues to
demonstrate Red Hat’s commitment to our customers’ many
mission-critical deployments by delivering a proven foundation for
the applications and systems that power the modern enterprise. With
enhancements to security features and management, Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.8 remains a solid, proven base for modern
enterprise IT operations.”
Additional Resources
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capabilities within Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8
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Red Hat is the world's leading provider of open source software
solutions, using a community-powered approach to reliable and
high-performing cloud, Linux, middleware, storage and
virtualization technologies. Red Hat also offers award-winning
support, training, and consulting services. As a connective hub in
a global network of enterprises, partners, and open source
communities, Red Hat helps create relevant, innovative technologies
that liberate resources for growth and prepare customers for the
future of IT. Learn more at http://www.redhat.com.
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