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Scheduled SN Reboots Due to Meltdown and Spectre; 2-Hour Window Starts: Fri 2018-01-12 @ 10:00:00UTC

posted by cmn32480 on Thursday January 11 2018, @09:06PM   Printer-friendly
from the reboots-are-like-getting-new-shoes dept.

martyb writes:

We recently received notifications that Linode, our hosting provider, will be performing "Emergency Security Maintenance" as a result of the recently Disclosed Meltdown and Spectre security issues.

So far, we have been informed of maintenance windows for two of our servers: magnesium and fluorine.

There is a two hour window for these reboots starting on Friday January 12th at 10:00AM UTC. Reboots should take on the order of about 10 minutes per server.

The reboot of magnesium should cause no service disruption as it is one of our redundant front-end servers. The same cannot be said for fluorine as TheMightyBuzzard so succinctly summed it up: "slashd and site payments won't work while fluorine's down".

We have not yet received any information as to when our other systems will be rebooted -- we will keep you advised as we learn more.

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Ethanol-fueled on Friday January 12 2018, @02:14AM (3 children)

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Friday January 12 2018, @02:14AM (#621231) Homepage

    What an asshole, you must be a retired baby-boomer. What, you like to be the big man at the Wednesday-night singles romp at the local Black Angus?

    People like you are the reason why cooks piss in the jars of bulk pickles and scratch their nuts before plating your food.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 12 2018, @04:43AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 12 2018, @04:43AM (#621259)

    If they don't want me to bitch to the manger, all they have to do is not fuck up in the first place.

    • (Score: 3, Funny) by kazzie on Friday January 12 2018, @04:52AM

      by kazzie (5309) Subscriber Badge on Friday January 12 2018, @04:52AM (#621260)

      If they don't want me to bitch to the manger, all they have to do is not fuck up in the first place.

      I'd love to see you in a nativity play with that language...

  • (Score: 4, Informative) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday January 12 2018, @05:16AM

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Friday January 12 2018, @05:16AM (#621267) Homepage Journal

    To paraphrase Freud: sometimes a nut scratch is just a nut scratch. The boys are gonna itch whether you hold malice towards someone or not. They're balls. That's what balls do.

    --
    My rights don't end where your fear begins.