linux.conf.au Courses

Why Your Encrypted Database Isn't Secure - Practical Attacks Against Encrypted OSS Databases

A look at how transparent data encryption can still expose relational databases to memory access, chosen plaintext, and reidentification attacks.

• YouTube
• 34 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Introduction to Linux's License

A practical introduction to GPLv2 explains its history, copyleft requirements, Linux-specific permissions, and licensing questions developers face, including embedded-system installation scripts.

• YouTube
• 48 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Anatomy of a Run-Time - Your Contract with the Kernel

Explore how kernel interfaces shape language runtimes, from Rust on Linux to bootstrapping an operating system on seL4.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Planning for and Handling Failures - From Open Hardware and Aviation to Production at Google

Lessons from hardware, aviation, and production failures show how to spot risks early, ask better questions, and prevent repeat incidents.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Introduction to FreeBSD Ports - 25 Years and Counting

Explore how FreeBSD’s long-running ports tree works, from its internals and use cases to modifying and creating ports.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

OpenZFS and Linux

See how ZFS pools, snapshots, encryption, compression, and database tuning shape storage on Linux servers.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Clevis and Tang - Securing Your Secrets at Rest

Explores network-bound encryption with Clevis and Tang, including threshold policies for automatically unlocking LUKS volumes when enough servers are available.

• YouTube
• 47 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Introduction to Memory Management

Explore how Linux maps physical, virtual, and swap memory, and how processes and system settings shape memory use.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Keeping the Balance - Load Balancing Demystified

Trace how requests travel from users to applications, then compare load-balancing approaches and the tradeoffs behind high-availability service patterns.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

The Linux Network Stack Extension for DDoS Mitigation and Web Security

See how TempestaTLS handles TLS handshakes inside the Linux kernel to filter high volumes of malicious HTTPS traffic with less copying and better performance.

• YouTube
• 42 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

How Internet Congestion Control Actually Works in the Bufferbloat Age

A deep dive into how TCP and newer transports respond to network overload, from slow start and queue management to BBR and QUIC.

• YouTube
• 43 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Like, Share and Subscribe - Effective Communication of Security Advice

Explores why people ignore security advice and tests behavioral and psychological approaches for making it clearer and more persuasive to non-experts.

• YouTube
• 40 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Build Your Own Open Hardware CPU in 25 Minutes or Less

Open hardware and inexpensive FPGAs make CPU hacking accessible, from synthesizing an OpenPOWER core to adding instructions.

• YouTube
• 16 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

A Practical Introduction to Docs-As-Code

A demonstration shows how developers can manage project documentation with the Docs-As-Code approach.

• YouTube
• 41 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Configuration Is -riskier than?- Code

Configuration changes can trigger widespread outages; this talk explores why they need code-like rigor and how to make production changes safer.

• YouTube
• 32 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk