The Penguin Gang

Red Hat and the Clone Wars VI: Obfuscating Kernel Code for Fun and Profit

In our last episode we talked about the origins of Oracle Linux. This time around, we’ll look at one of Red Hat’s responses to the threat posed by Oracle Linux. Specifically, Red Hat’s decision to “obfuscate” the kernel source delivered in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6, and how it communicated (or didn’t) those decisions.

July 23, 2023 · 11 min · zonker