gpg: Signature made Wed Aug 2 11:10:15 2017 UTC
gpg: using DSA key 2099B64CBF15490B
gpg: Good signature from "Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net>" [unknown]
gpg: aka "Andrew James Smith <andy@strugglers.net>" [unknown]
gpg: aka "Andy Smith (UKUUG) <andy.smith@ukuug.org>" [unknown]
gpg: aka "Andy Smith (BitFolk Ltd.) <andy@bitfolk.com>" [unknown]
gpg: aka "Andy Smith (Linux User Groups UK) <andy@lug.org.uk>" [unknown]
gpg: aka "Andy Smith (Cernio Technology Cooperative) <andy.smith@cernio.com>" [unknown]
Hello,
Unfortunately some more serious security issues have been uncovered
in Xen which affect versions and configurations which we have
deployed.
These were pre-disclosed today, with full public disclosure coming
on Tuesday 15 August as normal.
So, we're going to have to patch everything and reboot before then.
This will very likely be taking place over three nights starting in
the early hours (BST) of Saturday 12 August, but we will be sending
out an individual email to every customer confirming when they will
be affected.
For those unaware of what this entails, it means that at
some point within an hour-long maintenance window we will shut your
VPS down cleanly as the machine it's on is shut down, and then boot
it again once the machine has booted up. It typically takes 5-10
minutes.
Unlike last time which required an upgrade of major version, this
time you should be able to opt for your VPS to be suspended to and
restored from SSD if you don't like losing program state:
https://tools.bitfolk.com/wiki/Suspend_and_restore
Cheers,
Andy
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