An IT Minute

David Chappell a consultant for Microsoft and the principal of David Chappell and Associates has released a whitepaper entitled, "A Short Introduction to Cloud Platforms" in which he does a great job of defining, analyzing and explaining this new computing strategy.

This paper has the following categories of discussion:

Defining Terms
Examining Cloud Platforms
Cloud Infrastructure Services
Cloud

Linux BIND DNS Update

Note: A bug has been uncovered in most Linux DNS servers and it is now suggested that Linix systems administrators patch all systems with the fix you see below.

Best practices encourage you to keep the DNS service BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain) updated with the latest version on your Linux Server.

To Update BIND

1. SSH to your server.
2. Type su - and press