Re: [bitfolk] Upcoming reboot for security patch, XSA-212

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Author: Andy Smith
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Subject: Re: [bitfolk] Upcoming reboot for security patch, XSA-212

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Reminder that the below work will be happening tonight, starting in
around 8h24m at 2017-03-30 00:00Z, with the rest of the work taking
place the following two nights.

Cheers,
Andy

On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 06:03:51PM +0000, Andy Smith wrote:
> Hi,
>
> A bug¹ has been discovered in Xen which has serious security
> implications, therefore we must patch and reboot every host before
> the security advisor comes out of embargo on 4 April.
>
> We'll be sending out notifications shortly to let you know the exact
> window in which the reboot will take place for your VPS(es), but
> this is just a short note to let you know that the work will most
> likely be taking place in the early hours (UK) of 30 March, 31 March
> and 1 April.
>
> A reminder that if you wish you can have your VPS suspended to and
> then restored from storage, instead of shut down and booted:
>
>     https://panel.bitfolk.com/account/config/#prefs
>     https://tools.bitfolk.com/wiki/Suspend_and_restore

>
> Cheers,
> Andy
>
> ¹ XSA-212 - http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/


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