[mensa-ops] (Fwd) SATEXAS: 1/25/12 (Shell/Eggdrop News - Important!)
- From: "peterre" <peterre.uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: mensa-ops@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:13:43 -0000
It is likely that iggy and my other bot, Eggbert on
#alternative_health, will be temporarily absent from the internet
for at least part of today - see the forwarded message from SATEXAS
below.
peterre
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Date sent: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:10:36 -0600
To: Philip John Bradley <satexas222@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: SATEXAS <billing@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Send reply to: SATEXAS <billing@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: SATEXAS: 1/25/12 (Shell/Eggdrop News - Important!)
SATEXAS
Dear Members,
We have discovered a situation where the web server (Apache) has an
exploit that allows an attacker to damage the web server (and in
turn, the OS) in attempt to gain administrative access.
While we have over 30 servers in our farm, our shell/eggdrop servers
(3) are "unique" in that we don't "update" the OS (version of
Operating System) often like we do our web & mail servers. The basic
reason being that each time we do major OS upgrades, it generally
causes a situation to where eggdrops "break" and need to be
compiled... so for stability, we generally only upgrade them when
required.
Having allowed "Spurs", "Buzz" and "Raven" to "age", we are now
forced to do a massive upgrade on these servers, and we're going to
completely replace them in a swift-all-at-once operation.
On Thursday (1/26), we are going to perform this massive upgrade in
fully replacing the servers. The following will happen:
1. Buzz will be replaced with a new server, and upgraded.
2. Spurs will be replaced with a new server, and upgraded.
3. Raven, who has very few accounts on it, will be folded into Buzz
(retired).
4. Rooster was upgraded last week.
5. ALL customer data will be moved, and we already do weekly backups
(so data is safe either way).
Downtime Expected: 1 hour
While upgrading, we WILL break the eggdrops... it happens when the
"unix libraries" change in OS versions. For this reason, we will be
going "account to account" and updating your bot FOR YOU. If for
some reason after the move, your bot does not launch, please let us
know... we will gladly fix/repair. We will also be updating our
"menu" script, that automated this process in the past.
We appreciate your patience during this massive migration,
thankfully it's something we only have to do every few years on the
egg/shell servers.
If you have any questions/concerns, please feel free to to use the
contacts below:
SATEXAS Staff: (210) 448-7289, support@xxxxxxxxxxx
Russ (SA Admin): russ@xxxxxxxxxxx
Thank you for your patience, and bearing with us on this,
Russ Bennett
SATEXAS
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