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ASL Kernel Status

Posted: Thu May 13, 2021 11:39 am
by Imaging
Is the ASL Kernel still being updated? I don't recall an update for quite some time but also don't recall an announcement about it being deprecated.

Thanks.

Re: ASL Kernel Status

Posted: Fri May 14, 2021 12:08 pm
by mikeshinn
Its been deprecated. You can keep using it if you like, but its not going to be updated.

Re: ASL Kernel Status

Posted: Sun May 16, 2021 4:41 pm
by zle123
This is disappointing news. While a great product overall, the main reason I purchased ASL was because of the hardened kernel.

What can we expect for future updates? Will a suitable replacement be used? (As far as I know, there are none)

Thanks

Re: ASL Kernel Status

Posted: Mon May 17, 2021 2:25 pm
by mikeshinn
We have a kernel module we will be releasing soon. The key reason weve moved away from a dedicated kernel was PHP. The JIT compiler while making PHP much faster, needs to violate the memory protection model (so it can work), and everytime a control panel updated PHP they overwrote the flags that allowed it to do this. So PHP would be blocked from doing this, which of course caused users problems with their websites during what were usually automated updates of PHP during off hours.

Re: ASL Kernel Status

Posted: Mon May 17, 2021 7:51 pm
by zle123
Appreciate the update, Mike. Looking forward to testing it out

Re: ASL Kernel Status

Posted: Tue May 18, 2021 12:50 pm
by Imaging
Mike:

Thanks for the update.

Are there any other ASL components that are now deprecated?

For the kernel module, are there any docs, readmes, etc. available that provide information about its scope?

Re: ASL Kernel Status

Posted: Thu May 20, 2021 9:45 am
by cponton
We do not have any documentation on the module at this time, no. When one is available, we will it post here.

Re: ASL Kernel Status

Posted: Thu May 20, 2021 9:59 am
by Imaging
Thanks. Could you also please post a response about the any other ASL components deprecations question?

Re: ASL Kernel Status

Posted: Fri May 28, 2021 2:29 pm
by mikeshinn
In ASL/AP v6, we no longer use mysql, that however does not deprecate any functionality in ASL/AP.

Re: ASL Kernel Status

Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2021 10:38 am
by Imaging
Thanks.