Security · 7h ago
OVH mass reboot plan for Januscape bug kept secret from customers
French cloud provider OVH backported a patch for the critical Januscape vulnerability into Debian without customer consent. The fix requires mass reboots, risking downtime. OVH tested the reboot process on an Australian server as a crash-test dummy.
Meridian48 take
OVH's unilateral decision to patch without consent highlights the tension between security urgency and customer transparency in cloud operations.
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OVH reveals semi-secret plan to fix critical Januscape bug with mass reboots – and an Australian crash-test dummy →
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