Updated CentOS kernel to 2.6.32-431.23.3.el6 on SAPPHIRE
We have installed the latest CentOS kernel (2.6.32-431.23.3.el6) on SAPPHIRE. The server will be undergoing a quick reboot, which should only take a moment or two. For most customers, they won’t even notice the downtime. Websites, content and databases will not be affected in any way. If you have any questions, please get in touch with …
Read more …ISP-Related Networking Issues
One of our data centers is experiencing outages Tuesday morning as part of a widespread issue impacting major network providers including Comcast, AT&T, Time Warner, and Verizon. Please note that this is not an issue with the server you may be hosted on; but rather other aspects of the global internet are at play here. …
Read more …Planned maintenance on LW1
We need to perform some emergency maintenance on the LW1 shared hosting server this weekend. As part of this work, we will be moving the server accounts to a new, separate server. You will keep the same IPs, and the data will be retained and backed up. The current hosting solution needs to be updated …
Read more …Privilege escalation kernel exploit in RedHat – Reboots Required
A local privilege escalation kernel exploit has been reported that affects 64-bit versions of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux kernel as shipped with the CentOS 5 variant of this kernel. This vulnerability was found to affect a significant number of customer servers, including our shared hosting and reseller hosting servers. CentOS has released a new …
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