Welcome to the LWN.net Weekly Edition for September 14, 2017

• Antipatterns in IoT security: a number of mistakes to avoid when designing devices for the Internet of things.
• Signing programs for Linux: improving system security with signed executables.
• The first half of the 4.14 merge window: 8,000 patches worth of changes for the 4.14 kernel.
• Running Android on a mainline graphics stack: progress toward the ability to run an Android device using mainline kernel graphics and why it matters.
• A different approach to kernel configuration: the kernel's configuration system is awful; here is a tool that might make configuring a kernel easier.
• Mongoose OS for IoT prototyping: an operating system for small devices.

This week's edition also includes these inner pages:

• Brief items: Brief news items from throughout the community.
• Announcements: Newsletters, conferences, security updates, patches, and more.

Please enjoy this week's edition, and, as always, thank you for supporting LWN.net.