We take a look at a few exciting features coming to Linux kernel 5.6, including the first steps to multipath TCP.

Plus the latest Intel speculative execution vulnerability, and Microsoft's troubled history with certificate renewal.

Links:

• Oregon company makes top bid for Microsoft check - CNET
• Microsoft’s failures to renew: Teams, Hotmail, and Hotmail.co.uk | Ars Technica
• Microsoft Teams goes down after Microsoft forgot to renew a certificate - The Verge
• Browser review: Microsoft’s new “Edgium” Chromium-based Edge | Ars Technica
• Linus Torvalds pulled WireGuard VPN into the 5.6 kernel source tree | Ars Technica
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Adds WireGuard Support - Phoronix
• Multipath TCP Support Is Working Its Upstream - First Bits Landing With Linux 5.6 - Phoronix
• MultiPath TCP - Linux Kernel implementation
• Upstreaming multipath TCP
• LPC2019 - Multipath TCP Upstreaming - YouTube
• LPC2019 - Multipath TCP Upstreaming - Slides
• LPC2019 - Multipath TCP Upstreaming - Paper
• Using MultiPath TCP to enhance home networks
• Linux 5.6 Crypto Getting AVX/AVX2/AVX-512 Optimized Poly1305
• Poly1305
• CacheOut
• CacheOut Paper
• Intel Responds to ZombieLoad and CacheOut Attacks | Tom's Hardware
• New CacheOut Attack Targets Intel CPUs, Leaks Data From VMs And Secure Enclave