Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 adds new security features, support for
collaborative operational analytics, and a path towards container-based
application infrastructure for preexisting workloads
RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source
solutions, today announced the general availability of Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.7, the latest version of the stable, proven and
predictable Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 platform. As the basis for large,
complex IT deployments, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 offers enterprise
IT teams new capabilities to bolster system security, proactively
identify and resolve business-critical IT issues, and confidently
embrace some of the latest open source technologies, such as Linux
containers, without sacrificing operational stability.
System Security
Emphasizing the platform's commitment to stable and secure enterprise
systems, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 helps prevent data leakage by
allowing read-only mounting of removable media. In addition, Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.7 now includes the Security Content Automation
Protocol (SCAP) Workbench, an easy-to-use tool that functions as a SCAP
scanner and delivers tailored SCAP content functionality. SCAP
Workbench, building upon existing SCAP functionality in Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6, allows customers to measure the compliance of their
Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems against their own company-specific
security guidelines and criteria.
Red Hat Access Insights
To enhance the reliability of IT deployments, Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6.7 is compatible with Red Hat Access Insights, a new hosted service
from Red Hat designed to help customers proactively identify and resolve
issues that could impact business operations. Leveraging the extensive
knowledge of Red Hat Certified Engineers and Red Hat's award-winning
customer support team, Red Hat Access Insights alerts IT administrators
to potential problems, like configuration issues or vulnerabilities, and
provides a dashboard to help identify, understand and correct these
issues before any disruption occurs.
Linux Innovation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 incorporates many of the latest, stable
open source technologies, allowing enterprises to confidently deploy
recent innovations across physical, virtual and cloud environments. One
example is clufter, a tool for analyzing and transforming cluster
configuration formats. Available as a technology preview, clufter
enables system administrators to update existing high-availability
configurations to run on the latest high-availability tools from Red
Hat. LVM Cache is now a fully supported feature, allowing users to
maximize the performance benefits of SSD-based storage for their
business needs while limiting associated costs. Additionally, a Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.7 base image is now available via the Red Hat
Customer Portal, enabling Red Hat customers to transform traditional
workloads into container-based applications that are suitable for
deployment on Red Hat certified container hosts, including Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Atomic Host, and OpenShift
Enterprise 3 by Red Hat.
Supporting Quotes
Jim Totton, vice president and general manager, Platforms Business
Unit, Red Hat
"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is the stable, predictable backbone for
business-critical IT deployments across the globe, and Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.7 builds upon this foundation with access to new
capabilities and services. In addition, the availability of a Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.7 base image allows enterprises who have standardized
upon the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 platform to keep their operations
intact as they explore and transition to container-based application
infrastructure."
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