The RHEL 6.9 distribution has just been released and brings the following main benefits: TLS 1.2 support has been added to all system components, several SSSD improvements have been made in connection with AD forests and PAM services, the cpuid…

The RHEL 6.8 has just been released and brings the following main benefits: it enhances security by replacing openswan with libreswan as VPN endpoint solution, it makes integration with Active Directory easier through SSSD improvements (cached authentication lookup, authentication via…

Even though the RHEL 6 distribution is not used for the main exams anymore (since February 28, 2015 for the RHCSA & RHCE exams, since July 22, 2015 for the LFCS & LFCE exams, except if you bought the exam…

Just to remind you that you have until February 28 to buy your voucher for the RHCSA 6 or RHCE 6 exams. Then, you will have 1 year from the purchase date to take the exams. After February 28, you…

The Linux Foundation is making some adjustments to its LFCS and LFCE exams starting on March 1, 2015: in the LFCS exam objectives, RAID is replaced with LVM, in the LFCS exam, the pass mark becomes 74% (instead of 65%),…

Yesterday, Red Hat published a post concerning RHCSA & RHCE 6 exams availability. According to this post, candidates have one year to take RHCSA 6 or RHCE 6 exams as Individual Exam Sessions under the condition that they purchase the…

If you plan to take the RHCSA 6 or RHCE 6 exams, you’ve got to hurry because these exams will be withdrawn in two to three weeks. As RHCSA 7 is not too different from RHCSA 6, it will not…

Yesterday, Red Hat announced the official release of RHEL 6.6. This minor version brings several improvements: The scap-security-guide package has been added providing a convenient and reliable way to verify system compliance on a regular basis, The KeepAlived and HAProxy…

Two days ago, the Linux Foundation announced a new certification program. It consists in two exams: LFCS (Linux Foundation Certified System administrator), LFCE (Linux Foundation Certified Engineer). Both exams are performance-based exam in English lasting 2 hours focusing on system…

Just a reminder for RHCEv5: you’ve got still 29 days to get recertified by passing the RHCEv6 only (a 50% discount is available in some countries).