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Learning Docker

You're reading from   Learning Docker Optimize the power of Docker to run your applications quickly and easily

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2015
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ISBN-13 9781784397937
Length 240 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Getting Started with Docker 2. Handling Docker Containers FREE CHAPTER 3. Building Images 4. Publishing Images 5. Running Your Private Docker Infrastructure 6. Running Services in a Container 7. Sharing Data with Containers 8. Orchestrating Containers 9. Testing with Docker 10. Debugging Containers 11. Securing Docker Containers Index

Digital signature verification


Docker, the popular open source container company, has announced that it has added the digital signature verification to Docker images. This will ensure that when you download a containerized application from an official Docker repository, you get the real version. At this point in time, the Docker engine automatically checks the provenance and integrity of all the images in the official repository using digital signatures. A digital signature brings on an additional trust on Docker images. That is, the particular Docker image was not tampered or twisted, and hence, it is ready to be fully used with all the confidence and clarity.

This newly-added cryptographic verification is used to provide users with an additional assurance of security. In the future, there will be features, such as publisher authentication, image integrity and authorization, public key infrastructure (PKI) management, and many more for both image publishers, as well as consumers. If an official...

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