August 2009 - ISG-news - lists.phys.ethz.ch

[ISG News] Webserver Upgrade on Thursday Evening
by Axel Beckert 25 Aug '09

25 Aug '09

ISG News has posted a new item, 'Webserver Upgrade on Thursday Evening' On Thursday, the 27th of August 2009 around 16:00 we will start upgrading the operating system and the webserver software of our main webserver zwoelfi. This may lead to a downtime of many websites at D-PHYS including www.phys.ethz.ch and nic.phys.ethz.ch. Webmail and the mailing lists' web interface are not affected. You may view the latest post at https://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/2009/08/25/webserver-upgrade-on-thursday-even… You received this e-mail because you asked to be notified when new updates are posted. Best regards, Axel Beckert beckert(a)phys.ethz.ch

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[ISG News] Linux kernel local privilege escalation
by Christian Herzog 18 Aug '09

18 Aug '09

ISG News has posted a new item, 'Linux kernel local privilege escalation' In case you've been wondering about the slightly dubious announcements of the past few days: on Friday (2009/08/14) a local privilege escalation in all Linux kernels of the last 7 years was published, together with an exploit. Unfortunately no patched kernels were available by Friday late afternoon, which put us into an awkward position. Generally it is not our policy to be sneaky about security issues, but in this case we really did not want to attract malicious script kiddies. That's why we decided to keep our announcements somewhat vague. By now the worst seems to be over and all machines have been rebooted with patched kernels. We apologize for any confusion or service degradation this episode may have caused on your side. You may view the latest post at https://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/2009/08/18/linux-kernel-local-privilege-escal… You received this e-mail because you asked to be notified when new updates are posted. Best regards, Christian Herzog daduke(a)phys.ethz.ch

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[ISG News] Linux Kernel Update 2
by sengun 17 Aug '09

17 Aug '09

ISG News has posted a new item, 'Linux Kernel Update 2' The update also affects "plimpy", our LTSP server. Please remember to save all your documents and log out this evening. You may view the latest post at https://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/2009/08/17/linux-kernel-update-2/ You received this e-mail because you asked to be notified when new updates are posted. Best regards, sengun sengun(a)phys.ethz.ch

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[ISG News] Linux Kernel Update
by sengun 17 Aug '09

17 Aug '09

ISG News has posted a new item, 'Linux Kernel Update' We installed new linux kernels for our systems and the machines need to be rebooted to run the new kernel. We will reboot the D-PHYS Linux Workstations this evening after 08:00 pm. Please log out this evening before you go home, save all unsaved work and don't start any long running jobs. You may also reboot your workstation yourself earlier. You may view the latest post at https://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/2009/08/17/linux-kernel-update/ You received this e-mail because you asked to be notified when new updates are posted. Best regards, sengun sengun(a)phys.ethz.ch

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[ISG News] no backup during the weekend
by Christian Herzog 14 Aug '09

14 Aug '09

ISG News has posted a new item, 'no backup during the weekend' Due to a critical condition on our systems we were forced to shut down our backup servers. This means there will be No backup during this weekend. Please be aware of this temporary limitation when producing large or important amounts of data. We apologize. You may view the latest post at https://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/2009/08/14/no-backup-during-the-weekend/ You received this e-mail because you asked to be notified when new updates are posted. Best regards, Christian Herzog daduke(a)phys.ethz.ch

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[ISG News] Service interruption
by Christian Herzog 14 Aug '09

14 Aug '09

ISG News has posted a new item, 'Service interruption' Today at 07:04 a software upgrade of a core router performed by Informatikdienste caused an avalanche of errors in our server cluster, leading to an outage of printing and some other non-critical services. It took us till around 08:00 to get the systems back to normal. We apologize for any inconvenience. You may view the latest post at https://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/2009/08/14/service-interruption/ You received this e-mail because you asked to be notified when new updates are posted. Best regards, Christian Herzog daduke(a)phys.ethz.ch

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[ISG News] Microsoft Security Bulletin for August 2009
by Patrick Frei 12 Aug '09

12 Aug '09

ISG News has posted a new item, 'Microsoft Security Bulletin for August 2009' Last night Microsoft has released the Security Bulletin Summary for August, 2009. If Automatic Update is not activated yet, then you must visit Microsoft Update to install the Security You may view the latest post at https://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/2009/08/12/microsoft-security-bulletin-for-au… You received this e-mail because you asked to be notified when new updates are posted. Best regards, Patrick Frei frei(a)phys.ethz.ch

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