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Title: Upgrades, and other possible outages
Post by: kaysha on July 16, 2003, 11:09:42 pm: Hi All-

Couple of things are going on...

1) Cisco alerted the world to a critical security weakness in their IOS code yesterday and spent most of yesterday working with all Tier 1 ISPs and CERT. Since the release of the new patched IOS code, Tier 1 ISPs have been upgrading their Cisco routers. While most of them have redundant links, it is possible for us to experience intermittant downtime or slowness through this process. Secondly, where this server resides is off a Tier 2 ISP... we have *several* Cisco routers and will have to perform the same upgrades. During this time, we will have to do some reloads which could cut off internet access for 1-2 minutes. This is just a heads up if it seems that we've gone offline... things are not down, we're scheduling everything VERY carefully.
URL explaining the brouhaha:
click here (http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/routers/ps341/products_security_advisory09186a00801a34c2.shtml)

2) The DSLAM (My DSLAM) this server is off of also needs to be upgraded. To do this process it takes a total of about 5 hours. I plan on doing this in the middle of the night and have been watching overall board usage. It seems to die around 1-2am EST and not pick up again till 7 am or so EST. Everything won't be down for a full 5 hours... again there are spiratic outages while things reboot and various cards are upgraded. So again, if you have problems reaching the forums or nessaholics.com, just give it a bit and try back. I haven't decided when to do this second upgrade, it is dependant on how problem 1 goes, but i'm hoping for sometime this weekend.

Let me know if you have any questions
-katia
Title: Upgrades, and other possible outages
Post by: kev222 on July 17, 2003, 04:40:58 am: Bah. Boring DoS. I was starting to get interested for a moment there. L37 /\/\3 g37 /\/\y 5cr1p7 r34dy

Anyway, thanks for the warning Katia :)

-Kev

P.S. Hehe @ Brouhaha
Title: Upgrades, and other possible outages
Post by: Blake on July 17, 2003, 05:18:39 am: Thanks for the warning...

Reunion at the o-board!

LoL!

[Daniel]
Title: Upgrades, and other possible outages
Post by: Katia's Lover on July 17, 2003, 07:20:12 am: This board has gone to crap!
Title: Upgrades, and other possible outages
Post by: Si on July 17, 2003, 07:27:23 am: Quote from: "GSUCarltonFan"
This board has gone to crap!

LMFAO
Title: Upgrades, and other possible outages
Post by: kaysha on July 17, 2003, 10:26:17 am: Quote from: "GSUCarltonFan"
This board has gone to crap!
pfft...

i think it's better that i just take it down for a week and then some without telling anyone what is going on... *nods*

that is uber-better :)
Title: Upgrades, and other possible outages
Post by: Katia's Lover on July 17, 2003, 12:00:53 pm: I was using "sarcasm". Hope everyone understood that.
Title: Upgrades, and other possible outages
Post by: Si on July 17, 2003, 12:26:24 pm: Quote from: "GSUCarltonFan"
I was using "sarcasm". Hope everyone understood that.

that was why I said LMFAO
Hope you understood that

lol
Title: Upgrades, and other possible outages
Post by: kaysha on July 17, 2003, 02:13:59 pm: Quote from: "GSUCarltonFan"
I was using "sarcasm". Hope everyone understood that.
i was too... geez :)
Title: Upgrades, and other possible outages
Post by: Katia's Lover on July 17, 2003, 02:27:13 pm: Quote from: "katia"
Quote from: "GSUCarltonFan"
I was using "sarcasm". Hope everyone understood that.
i was too... geez :)

Good. *phew*

I thought the girl who THINKS she owns the board was mad at me there for a second.

:wink:
Title: Upgrades, and other possible outages
Post by: Gina on July 18, 2003, 04:46:56 pm: yut oh... thinks?? she knows! :lol: :lol:
Title: Upgrades, and other possible outages
Post by: kaysha on July 21, 2003, 12:27:15 pm: HELLO MY PEOPLE!!!!! <3 for everyone :)

DSLAM upgrade was completed, and most of the Cisco upgrades have been done that i know of. I didn't really notice any downtime... w00t :)

I'll send out another olly olly oxen freeeeeeeeeee should anything else come up :)
Title: Upgrades, and other possible outages
Post by: Blake on July 21, 2003, 12:38:05 pm: Quote from: "katia"
I'll send out another olly olly oxen freeeeeeeeeee should anything else come up :)

I thought you yelled that when you play hide and seek?