{"id":30091,"date":"2022-11-18T03:39:18","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T03:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rbsitsoftwaresolution.com\/blog\/say-hello-to-red-hat-enterprise-linux-9-1.html"},"modified":"2022-11-18T03:39:18","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T03:39:18","slug":"say-hello-to-red-hat-enterprise-linux-9-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/say-hello-to-red-hat-enterprise-linux-9-1.html","title":{"rendered":"Say hello to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1"},"content":{"rendered":"
Image: Asha Barbaschow\/ZDNET<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hot on the heels of the arrival of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.7<\/a>, Red Hat<\/a> has released the next version of its RHEL 9 family, RHEL 9.1.<\/a><\/p>\n

What’s the difference? Why two versions of one enterprise Linux distro? While under the hood there are many specific differences, the big one is that the RHEL 8 distro family is based on older, battle-tried code. RHEL 9, however, is based on the leading-edge CentOS Stream<\/a>\u00a0Linux distribution. So, in short, RHEL 8 is what you use if you prefer stability over innovation, while RHEL 9 is the distro for those who want the latest and greatest stable code.<\/p>\n

For example, as Gunnar Hellekson, Red Hat’s RHEL VP and general manager, put it, “As enterprise IT expands to encompass traditional hardware, multiple public cloud environments, and edge devices, complexity grows in parallel. The latest versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux continue our commitment to making hybrid cloud computing more than just accessible, but successful at the scale of global business by pairing reliability and stability with features designed for innovation and flexibility.”<\/p>\n

RHEL 9.1 also puts security front and center. This is a good thing with security disasters on every side of us.<\/p>\n

Specifically, RHEL 9.1 and 8.7 come with pre-configured Linux images designed to meet specific OpenSCAP<\/a> security demands. OpenSCAP is an open-source project for scanning programs for security problems and setting up default security configurations. For instance, the default RHEL 9.x OpenSCAP<\/a> is set to use Postfix<\/a> as the standard e-mail server with specific configurations to make it safer for use. It also discourages you from using the tried and true, but not terribly secure, Sendmail<\/a> server.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The new RHEL also includes multi-level security (MLS) support for agencies or other sensitive operations to better document and control classification needs. Red Hat Insights<\/a>, Red Hat’s security service, which comes with RHEL, also boasts a malware detector<\/a>. In addition, RHEL now comes with the Sigstore<\/a> Software Bill of Materials (SBOM)<\/a> service to double-check your native container for unauthorized programs.<\/p>\n

For people who are serious about security, you want to use RHEL’s SELInux<\/a> mode. This newest release comes with SELinux 3.4<\/a>. The most important changes include:<\/p>\n