Computer Weekly

Five key points on file locking vs object locking

A fundamental of file systems since their inception has been their locking mechanisms. These exist so that different users and applications working on the same file (or region of a file) ...
Computer Weekly

File locking and workload limitations in Cloudian hybrid cloud storage

Hybrid cloud has had a boost recently with the emergence of file/object environments that allow customers to operate a single namespace between on-premise and public cloud locations. One of the ...
Threat Post

Encryption, Lock Mechanism Vulnerabilities Plague AppLock

Multiple weaknesses exist in AppLock, a popular lock application for Android devices that boasts over 100 million users. Multiple weaknesses exist in AppLock, a popular lock application for Android ...
Ars Technica

Win32 LockFile() doesn't actually prevent concurrent reads?

I'm trying to control concurrent access to a file in a Win32 application. The file is a SQLite database, and on Windows SQLite opens files via CreateFile() with FILE_SHARE_READ and FILE_SHARE_WRITE ...

Notepad++ boosts update security with ‘double-lock’ mechanism

Notepad++ has adopted a "double-lock" design for its update mechanism to address recently exploited security gaps that ...