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The cPanel Development team has issued a hot fix that will address this issue and will automatically update the SpamAssassin ruleset to resolve this issue.

This patch has been installed to all 040 Hosting managed servers but we advise customers to check their spam box more thorougly and to check their mail of the past days if they have enabled spamassassin in their cPanel.

For a more detailed explanation and information on resolving this problem on a non-cPanel environment, please review:

https://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=6269

As always, the entire cPanel team has pulled together to provide a rapid response to this issue as we realize proper email delivery is mission critical.

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SpamAssassin 2010 bug

A software developer has uncovered a bug in most versions of Linux that could allow untrusted users to gain complete control over the open-source operating system.

The null pointer dereference flaw was only fixed in the upcoming 2.6.32 release candidate of the Linux kernel, making virtually all production versions in use at the moment vulnerable. While attacks can be prevented by implementing a common feature known as mmap_min_addr, the RHEL distribution, short for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, doesn’t properly implement that protection, Brad Spengler, who discovered the bug in mid October, told The Register.

Read the complete article at The Register. New kernels are available for Redhat and CentOS (obviously), and likely others who may be affected.

At the moment of publishing all main servers have been updated and others are scheduled for tonight.
Note:  this article was placed on the 4th of november 2009

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Bug in latest Linux gives untrusted users root access

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[USA] 10G circuit to Telefonica for peering

This message is to inform you of an upcoming maintenance for the PISO server.

Our engineers will be migrating servers from the server rack for future datacenter expansion. The server will be powered offline and physically migrated to a new rack in our datacenter.

The physical move will require approximately 20 minutes of downtime.
This maintenance will not impact any data on the server, nor will any network changes be required.

The server will be moved on: 31/12/2008 ; 23:00 – 01:00 am GMT+1.

We understand that server uptime is critical to your business, and scheduled this move for a maintenance window which least affects our customers.

Thank you for your understanding.

We like to take the time and wish everyone a happy New Year !

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Piso Maintenance

Statement on Auditing Standards No. 70: Service Organizations, commonly abbreviated as SAS 70, is an auditing statement issued by the Auditing Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), officially titled “Reports on the Processing of Transactions by Service Organizations”. SAS 70 defines the professional standards used by a service auditor to assess the internal controls of a service organization and issue a service auditor’s report. Service organizations are typically entities that provide outsourcing services that impact the control environment of their customers. Examples of service organizations are insurance and medical claims processors, trust companies, hosted data centers, application service providers (ASPs), managed security providers, credit processing organizations and clearinghouses. (source: wikipedia)

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SAS 70 Type II

The Seattle data center received additional 10G peering connections from Comcast and the Seattle Internet Exchange (SIX), as well as 10G transit connections from Level 3 and NTT America. The facility’s upgrades included the installation of Internap’s Flow Control Platform (FCP), which enhances Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) routing performance by monitoring each provider’s connections and rerouting traffic when a connection is interrupted.

The Dallas data center’s upgrades included adding a 10G Comcast connection for private peering. Currently this link carries more than 2.5Gbps of network traffic; in the coming days, it will have connectivity into Equinix facilities in Dallas and Washington DC, providing direct connections to additional carriers.

The upgraded data center connectivity looks as follows:

Dallas, TX

• Comcast – 1x10Gbps
• Global Crossing – 1x10Gbps
• Internap – 1x10Gbps
• Level 3 – 1x10Gbps
• NTT America – 2x10Gbps
• SAVVIS – 1x10Gbps
• Equinix – 1x10Gbps

Seattle, WA

• Comcast – 1x10Gbps
• Internap – 2x10Gbps
• Level 3 – 1x10Gbps
• Quest – 1x10Gbps
• SIX – 1x10Gbps

Washington, DC

• Internap – 2x10Gbps
• Level 3 – 1x10Gbps
• NTT America – 2x10Gbps
• Equinix – 1x10Gbps

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Upgraded data center connectivity

Click the below link for details.

Date: Saturday November 22nd 2008 (11/22/2008)
Start time: 4:00am GMT+1
End time: 6:00am GMT+1
Devices: cer01.wdc01, cer02.wdc01, fcr01.wdc01
Location: Washington DC
Duration: 2 Hours
Services Effected: Public Network, WDC

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Network Engineers will be conducting BGP maintenance on Customer Edge
Routers 01/02 and Frontend Customer Router 01 on Saturday, November 22nd
starting at 4:00am GMT+1. While there is no expected downtime, customers may
experience brief packet loss and/or high latency while routes reconverge through
each redundant, edge router. Although we expect these changes to only take
approximately 15 minutes, we have scheduled a maintenance window from
4:00am to 6:00am GMT+1.

Date: Saturday November 22nd 2008 (11/22/2008)
Start time: 2:00am GM+1
End time: 4:00am GMT+1
Devices: cer01.sea01, cer02.sea01, fcr01.sea01
Location: Seattle
Duration: 2 Hours
Services Effected: Public Network, Seattle

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Network Engineers will be conducting BGP maintenance on Customer Edge
Routers 01/02 and Frontend Customer Router 01 on Saturday, November 22nd
starting at 2:00am GMT+1. While there is no expected downtime, customers may
experience brief packet loss and/or high latency while routes reconverge through
each redundant, edge router. Although we expect these changes to only take
approximately 15 minutes, we have scheduled a maintenance window from
2:00am to 4:00am GMT+1

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Date: Saturday November 29th 2008 (11/29/2008)
Start time: 3:00am GMT+1
End time: 6:00am GMT+1
Devices: all CERs, all DARs, all FCRs
Location: Dallas, TX
Duration: 3 hours
Services Effected: Public Network, Dallas

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Network Engineers will be conducting BGP maintenance on all CERs, all DARs,
and all FCRs on Saturday November 29th starting at 3:00am GMT+1. While there is
no expected downtime, customers may experience brief packet loss and/or high
latency while routes reconverge through each redundant, edge router. Although
we expect these changes to only take approximately 60 minutes, we have
scheduled a maintenance window from 3:00am to 6:00am GMT+1.

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Network Maintenance notice 22nd and 29th of november

Customer Impact: abnormal routing

If you have any problems after this time frame with regard to connectivity, or if you have any questions regarding the maintenance at any point, please open a ticket in the customer portal.

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Dallas DC: Verio Network Maintenance [23/10/2008]

Maintenance Date: 10/15/2008 0800 to 10/15/2008 1100 GMT+1

Customer Impact: abnormal routing for the Dallas, TX Datacenter
User group affected: Shared Hosting, Semi-Dedicated and Dedicated server customers.
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If you have any problems after this time frame with regard to connectivity, or if you have any questions regarding the maintenance at any point, please open a ticket in the customer portal.

We appreciate your patience during this work and welcome any feedback.

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Verio Emergency Network Maintenance