Kernel.org Still Struggles To Return

It’s been nearly one month since Kernel.org was hacked — the home to the Linux kernel source-code repository, among other services — but it’s still not back online yet.

Accessing Kernel.org will simply result in a “Down for maintenance” message. It’s also in a similar manner for Linux.com, which was exploited earlier this month. LinuxFoundation.org is at least back online.

On Friday, Peter Anvin issued a status update concerning the state of Kernel.org on the kernel mailing list. “As you know, we’ve been working very hard on building a new kernel.org infrastructure from the ground up. This new infrastructure will no longer have shell access to the git repositories; instead we will be running git using the gitolite web glue.”

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