gpg: Signature made Tue Aug 29 17:27:13 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 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 12 September 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 Sunday 10 September, 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 assigned to your VPS 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.
If you wish you can 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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