VPS Servers Kernel Upgrade, Sunday 02/25/2004 (NOW).

[FH-Dave]

The server will be rebooted soon for a kernel upgrade. Due to the emergency nature of this maintenance, it is unfortunate that we can not schedule this ahead in advance. To maintain integrity on all of our VPS server, we feel it is necessary to perfomr the kernel upgrade now than later.

Down time on the physical server should be minimum. However, your VPS may take longer to be restarted depending on the order the VPS is started. Should you have any questions/concerns regarding this maintenance work, please email support[at]fluidhosting.com.

[William]

I take it there was a security issue.

[FH-Hary]

The maintenance has been completed; all servers are running with new kernel. All VPS should be running by 1 pm EST (GMT -5:00).

Should you experience any problem with your VPS, please contact support[at]fluidhosting.com.

[FH-Hary]

I take it there was a security issue.


Yes, there was kernel vulnerability discovered recently. We applied the new kernel upgrade as soon as SWSoft made it available.

[William]

Thanks for being on top of things as always. :D

[Richard]

Thanks for the update -- btw. the date on the notice says 02/25/2004, which would make it wednesday ;)