alt Hacker NewsThe news: Docker Hardened Images (DHI) are now free to use for everyone. No reason not to use them.
Offering image hardening to custom images looks like a reasonable way for Docker to have a source of sustained income. Regulated industries like banks, insurers, or governmental agencies are likely interested.
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dudeWithAMood • today at 6:50 PM
I am a little confused because I got a 401 when I tried to pull an image from there. Do I need a login or something? For a free image it sure doesn't feel that way.
yjftsjthsd-h • today at 7:11 PM
> No reason not to use them.
There's an excellent reason: They're login gated, which is at best unnecessary friction. Took me straight from "oh, let me try it" to "nope, not gonna bother".
darkwater • today at 6:58 PM
This smells like LLM generated
After their last rug pull when they started charging projects for registry after parading it as a fully free service for almost a decade, it has become hard to trust anything free.
Bait and switch once the adoption happens has become way too common in the industry.