Latest Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update Demonstrates Value of Subscription; Customers Receive New Security Features Ahead of Schedule.RALEIGH, N.C. -- Red Hat, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : RHAT RHAT Red Hat (stock symbol) RHAT Rainwater Harvesting Association of Tanzania RHAT Register Hba Attributes ), the world's leading provider of open source solutions to the enterprise, today announced the availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux (often abbreviated to RHEL) is a Linux distribution produced by Red Hat and targeted toward the commercial market, including mainframes. Red Hat commits to supporting each version of RHEL for 7 years after its release. 3 Update 3. Accessible through Red Hat Network, the update features several security enhancements, which were originally targeted for delivery in early 2005, several months ahead of schedule. With this update Red Hat demonstrates the ongoing value delivered via a Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscription. "The open source development model coupled with the subscription business model creates a unique combination for customers in that features, upgrades and updates are delivered in real-time," said Brian Stevens, vice president of Operating Systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. Development at Red Hat. "Rapid innovation with consistent delivery means that customers are able to benefit from performance gains and security enhancements as they become available." Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 was released in Fall, 2003. To provide the best mix of technology and stability, Red Hat created the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 products using a hybrid kernel Hybrid kernel is a kernel architecture based on combining aspects of microkernel and monolithic kernel architectures used in computer operating systems. The category is controversial due to the similarity to monolithic kernel; the term has been dismissed by some as just marketing. approach: features from the Linux 2.6 kernel that would be of most value to commercial/enterprise customers and ISVs were backported for use with the latest and most stable Linux 2.4 kernel. As a result of this approach Red Hat Enterprise Linux products are provided with kernels that are highly stable and also deliver many of the performance and scalability features of the 2.6 kernel. Since the initial release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, subscribers have received regular technology updates such as SATA (Serial ATA) A serial version of the ATA (IDE) interface, which has been the de facto standard hard disk interface for desktop PCs for more than two decades. The original Parallel ATA (PATA) interface was launched in 1986. device support, Intel(R) EM64T (Extended Memory 64 Technology) The first name of Intel's 64-bit x86 CPUs. In 2006, the name of the technology was changed to "Intel 64." See Intel 64. support, and the IA-32 execution layer A software-based x86 translation layer for the Itanium family of CPUs. IA-32 Execution Layer (IA-32 EL) ships with Itanium-based operating systems and is used to translate x86 instructions into native Itanium instructions for execution. for Intel(R) Itanium(R) 2 processors. The latest update, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Update 3 has a focus on security. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Update 3 security features include: --Exec-shield and PIE (Position Independent Executable) features, which provide protection against stack, buffer or function pointer A function pointer is a type of pointer in C, C++, D, and other C-like programming languages. When dereferenced, a function pointer invokes a function, passing it zero or more arguments just like a normal function. overflows, and against other types of security exploits that rely on overwriting Overwriting An options strategy that involves the sale of call or put options on stocks that are believed to be overpriced or underpriced. The options are not expected to be exercised. Notes: Also referred to as overriding. data structures in memory. --NX (No Execute See NX. ) support has been extended from the Intel(R) Itanium(R)2 processer to include Intel(R) x86, Intel(R) EM64T and AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. 64 processors. NX technology restricts execution of program code in specific areas of memory such as the stack or the heap, preventing many common buffer overflow security vulnerabilities. These features further enhance the security of Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems, significantly reducing the ability of hackers to trigger the execution of compromising code. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Update 3 also provides numerous other enhancements, including support for IBM POWER5 servers, extensive new driver support, and miscellaneous bug fixes. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Update 3 is available now. Subscribers can access Red Hat Network immediately to apply the update to their systems. For more information or to become a subscriber, please visit http://www.redhat.com or call 866-2-REDHAT. About Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat, the world's leading open source and Linux provider, is headquartered in Raleigh, NC with satellite offices spanning the globe. Red Hat is leading Linux and open source solutions into the mainstream by making high quality, low cost technology accessible. Red Hat provides operating system software along with middleware, applications and management solutions. Red Hat also offers support, training and consulting services to its customers worldwide and through top-tier partnerships. Red Hat's Open Source strategy offers customers a long term plan for building infrastructures that are based on and leverage open source technologies with focus on security and ease of management. 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