[Mpi-forum] Fwd: Reboot all the CREST server machines to apply the updated openssl lib

Jeff Squyres (jsquyres) jsquyres at cisco.com
Wed Apr 9 08:15:09 CDT 2014


FYI: IU has upgraded all servers to handle the heartbleed bug, but wants a full reboot tomorrow morning.  This affects:

- MPI Forum SVN, Trac, and meetings.mpi-forum.org web hosting
- All non-github Open MPI hosting services


Begin forwarded message:

> From: Kim, DongInn
> Subject: Reboot all the CREST server machines to apply the updated openssl lib
> Date: April 9, 2014 9:03:16 AM EDT
> 
> Dear All,
> 
> I am advised to reboot all our CREST servers to fully apply the updated OpenSSL library. The new OpenSSL library was patched to RHEL 6 (RedHat Enterprise Linux 6) packages yesterday and they were installed on all the CREST server machines at around 10am Apr 8, 2014. (Note: all the CREST server machines are setup with RHEL6). 
> 
> The OpenSSL bug is serious and we needed to take immediate actions.
> http://heartbleed.com
> 
> Even though our server seem to be safe with the new OpenSSL library now, I would like to make sure that there is no any leaking spots in our server machines by refreshing all the systems with the new OpenSSL library.
> 
> I would like to setup a schedule to reboot all the CREST server machines at 9am tomorrow (Apr 10, 2014).
> 
> Date: April 10, 2014
> Time:
> 6:00am-7:00am Pacific US time
> 7:00am-8:00am Mountain US time
> 8:00am-9:00am Central US time
> 9:00am-10:00am Eastern US time
> 1:00pm-2:00pm GMT
> 
> Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns about rebooting our servers.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> --
> - DongInn
> 


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