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Author: Robert Gauld
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Subject: Re: [bitfolk] Upcoming reboots for security fixes prior to 13 December
I'm with the consensus here - the mild inconvenience that I can warn my
web-app users about in advance is more than an OK given the importance of
security updates. Also given it leaks a different bit of memory each time
it could be repetitively used until something useful is retrieved.

On 15 Dec 2016 11:12 am, "Murray Crane" <murray.crane@???> wrote:

> Yeah, that. Will never complain about Andy taking security seriously.
>
> Kind regards
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> Murray Crane
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> On 15 December 2016 at 11:08, Paul Tansom <paul@???> wrote:
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>> ** Andreas Olsson <andreas@???> [2016-12-14 13:42]:
>> > ons 2016-12-14 klockan 13:21 +0000 skrev Alun:
>> > > Andy Smith <andy@???> said, in message
>> > > 20161214124152.GU21587@???:
>> > > >
>> > …perhaps I could have a bit of feedback from you as to whether we
>> > > > did the right thing in enforcing a reboot here.
>> >
>> >
>> > I'm all for these short notice reboots[*]. Partly because of the
>> > rather-safe-than-sorry scenario expressed by Alun. Partly because it's
>> > 2016, and we really should know how to build our virtual infrastructure
>> > in such a way that it survives the occasional reboots. Especially if
>> > they are advised a head of time.
>> >
>> > // Andreas
>> ** end quote [Andreas Olsson]
>>
>> Seconded, thirded, or however many we are up to now :)
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