Introducing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.7

Introducing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.7 Cryptography for a post-quantum world AI assistance, anywhere Better tooling and less toil for developers Reproducible image builds reduce management complexity Hybrid cloud encryption and new telemetry support Try RHEL 9.7 now Red Hat Enterprise Linux | Product trial About the author Gil Cattelain More like this Blog post Blog post Original podcast Original podcast Keep exploring Browse by channel Automation Artificial intelligence Open hybrid cloud Security Edge computing Infrastructure Applications Virtualization Share When we build a new major version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) , our engineering teams learn a lot about what modern IT demands and what customers need to thrive. Those lessons shape the new capabilities and features we tout on the Red Hat Summit stage at launch. After the celebration of a launch, of course, comes the work of bringing those new capabilities to more RHEL customers by building them into previous editions. Today, with the launch of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.7, some of the most important security features of RHEL 10 are available to more people who need them. RHEL 10 is the first major Linux distribution fully equipped for post-quantum cryptography (PQC), and now we're introducing PQC algorithms to RHEL 9.7. These algorithms enable secure key exchange, which is crucial for countering future threats from quantum computers. Key exchange enhances data integrity, and building it into RHEL 9.7 prepares your security infrastructure for emerging threats. This is just the start for RHEL and PQC. We plan to continue adding algorithms to future releases, so you can keep up with evolving security practices and compliance mandates. That's not the only improvement coming with RHEL 9.7. It's full of new features and capabilities to help you innovate quickly, improve continuously, and operate Linux more simply. The RHEL command-line assistant has become an essential tool for customers who have struggled to fill the skills gap among their RHEL users.