By now you have probably heard about the Badlock vulnerability (CVE-2016-2118) in DCE/RPC-based SAMR and LSA protocols used in the Microsoft Windows ActiveDirectory infrastructure as well as other critical security flows in Samba. With CFEngine Enterprise you can simply tag any variable or class and …
Each year we like to take a moment to recognize outstanding community members for their contributions. Contributions come in the form of code contributions to core, organizing community meet-ups, giving talks about CFEngine at conferences, sharing policy, to helping other users on the mailing list …
We’re happy to announce that CFEngine 3.8.0 non-LTS beta is now ready for testing! The established CFEngine release schedule shows that the 3.8.0 final version is due before January 2016, so it’s time to test and fix any remaining issues. Please note that this is a non-LTS release, which …
1, 2, 3.7 GO! CFEngine 3.7 was released just over a week ago and one of the neat things with 3.7 is the new augments_file also known as def.json or overrides. What’s so neat about it? It’s going to make your future policy upgrades easier! I will be using the CFEngine Enterprise Vagrant …
As CFEngine continues its evolution and adds to the large number of users with a stake in the future of the project, we have established a Community Advisory Board. The aim of the Community Advisory Board is to advise CFEngine AS and the CFEngine project core committers and team leadership on …
With the slew of recent security issues like Supermarket Point of Sale Compromises not once but twice, other large retailer card breaches, the famed Heartbleed vulnerability and others in the news. We want to share an example of how CFEngine can be used to quickly identify and remediate affected …
The Host Info Report has been available in CFEngine Enterprise for some time, it will now be available to community users in CFEngine 3.6. The Host Info Report is a great way to get value immediately if you are using CFEngine for the first time.
So what does it do? The Host Info Report contains …
Originally posted by Nick on cmdln.org
You never know when the Zombie or Cloud Apocalypse is coming. It’s good to be able to locate those buried bodies quickly and easily. OK, enough bad jokes, but haven’t you ever looked at some CFEngine policy and wondered to yourself, exactly what …
Another year has passed and we would like to take a moment to thank the community members for their contributions. From speaking at conferences, epic blog posts, community meet-ups, to support on the CFEngine help list and in the IRC channel, new and veteran users alike don’t have to look far …