Website Downtime

I just recieved a notice from our hosting provider, Linode, that due to some security vulnerabilities they are going to need to reboot our servers within the next few days (see the schedule below).  I wanted to let everyone know that, during this time, the website may either be down or acting weirdly.  We're now based across a couple servers, so some functionality may remain at this time, but please be aware.  If you have any comments or questions, or anything critical going on at that time I can try and reschedule with Linode, please let me know.  Thanks!

•  2015-03-04 3:00:00 AM UTC
•  2015-03-08 7:00:00 PM UTC

Full Message From Linode

Hello,

Linode recently received several Xen Security Advisories (XSAs) that require us to perform updates to our host servers. In order to apply the updates, hosts and the Linodes running on them must be rebooted. The XSAs will be publicly released by the Xen project team on March 10th, therefore we must complete the updates before that date.

These updates are required to protect the security and safe operations of not only our infrastructure, but yours as well. We understand that a disruption with such limited notice is inconvenient, and we hope you understand that these measures are warranted due to the severity of the XSAs.

Your Linodes have been assigned a maintenance window in which a reboot will occur. These times are listed within the Linode Manager[1] in the timezone set in your user's My Profile[2]. Your schedule in UTC timezone is as follows:

 * 2015-03-04 3:00:00 AM UTC
 * 2015-03-08 7:00:00 PM UTC

During the maintenance window Linode instances will be cleanly shut down while we perform the updates. Your Linode will be inaccessible during this time. A two-hour window is allocated, however the actual downtime can be much less. After the maintenance, each Linode will then be booted. See our Reboot Survival Guide[3] for tips and hints on configuring and testing that your Linode services boot properly after the maintenance.

Unfortunately, due the logistical demands of this effort, your assigned windows are not changeable and the host reboots are mandatory.

For general information, please see our status post: <http://status.linode.com/incidents/2dyvn29ds5mz>

Please let us know if there is anything we can do to assist.

-Linode