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State-of-the-art crypto goes post-quantum

opensource.com - Tue, 07/21/2020 - 15:01

Secrecy is one of the most important functions of computer science. Should electronic secrecy suddenly collapse into total transparency, we could not engage in electronic commerce, we would be unable to communicate privately, our past communications would be globally visible, and we would be critically impacted in myriad ways that would fundamentally change our ability to work and live. Consider the time we spend every day maintaining our secrecy with passwords, lock patterns, wireless fobs, and biometrics that restrict access to protect us and the ramifications of their failure.


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5 games for hosting your own Free RPG Day

opensource.com - Tue, 07/21/2020 - 15:00

Since 2007, game publishers and game stores have teamed up to provide free samples of RPG gameplay to the uninitiated. Last year, Free RPG Day was an official, multi-publisher, worldwide event that welcomed people who were either entirely new to tabletop roleplaying games, or who were just new to specific games, to get together with new friends and play new games.


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Linux 5.9 To Support DM-CRYPT On Zoned Block Devices

Phoronix - Tue, 07/21/2020 - 12:00
Along with Linux 5.9 set to add NVMe ZNS support for the spec surrounding placement of data within zones, more broadly this next kernel is positioned to bring dm-crypt support for zoned block devices...

Linux Sound Subsystem Begins Cleaning Up Its Terminology To Meet Inclusive Guidelines

Phoronix - Tue, 07/21/2020 - 08:48
Merged just over one week ago to the mainline kernel were inclusive terminology guidelines following the recent discussion among upstream developers. The Linux sound subsystem has begun preparing patches for Linux 5.9 to overhaul their naming conventions as a result...

Stratis 2.1 Proposed For Fedora 33 To Bring Per-Pool Encryption

Phoronix - Tue, 07/21/2020 - 06:32
While Fedora 33 desktop variants are aiming to use Btrfs by default, non-desktop environments are not and Red Hat remains committed to XFS and their Stratis Storage technology for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Coming to Fedora 33 will also likely be Stratis 2.1 for offering the latest on that front...

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