Announcements
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Full details of scheduled server and network maintenance, software upgrades, and other important Service, Network, and Server Announcements are displayed below.
Cymnet Announcements - 2016
PHP Upgrade (Completed)
To safeguard the security of our servers, on Wednesday 27th July 2016 we will be upgrading the primary version of PHP installed from 5.5 to 5.6.
There are very few incompatibilities between the versions but the change may have an adverse affect on some scripts/programs. You can find full details of the incompatibilities and changes on the PHP Net website
Following the upgrade you will continue to be able to force your site to run under an older version of PHP. But this is only intended to be a short-term fix whilst you update any scripts to ensure their compatibility with version 5.6. These older versions of PHP will eventually be removed, and quite possibly at very short notice if a major security flaw is discovered in an older version.
Posted: 21 July 2016
By: Paul Dancey
Network access issues (Resolved)
We are currently experiencing intermittent network access issues, and as a result some servers may not be accessible from some locations. We are currently investigating the cause of this and working to resolve the issue as soon as possible.
Update
The situation is now under control and network access has been stabilized. The earlier issues appear to have been caused by DDoS attack on a neighbouring network at the datacentre.
Posted: 5 July 2016
By: Paul Dancey
Revised Terms and Conditions (Completed)
The following documents have been revised to improve clarity and reflect changes to the way we and our partners operate:
- Terms and Conditions of Service
- Privacy Policy
- Web Site Terms and Conditions of Use
Posted: 16 June 2016
By: Paul Dancey
PHP Upgrade (Completed)
The primary installation of PHP installed on all our servers has now been upgrade to version 5.5 or 5.6. For the time being it is still possible to force a directory or an entire website to use PHP 5.4 as this remains available as a secondary installation.
But as version 5.4 reached end-of-life (EOL) status over 6 months ago, this can only be considered a short term fix for script incompatibilities with version 5.5.
At some stage in the not too distant future, Version 5.4 will be removed from our servers, and possibly at very short notice if a major security flaw is discovered in that version. Clients are therefore advised to update and test any incompatible scripts now whilst both version of PHP are still available, rather than get caught out at some future date.
Posted: 10 June 2016
By: Paul Dancey
Scheduled maintenance - Chad (Completed)
It has become necessary to re-rack server Chad. This essential work will commence after 9.00pm on Wednesday 1st June 2016, and will be completed as quickly as possible to minimize disruption. No changes will be made to the server's hardware or software. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by this essential maintenance.
Update
This work has now been completed.
Posted: 1 June 2016
By: Paul Dancey
Cymnet Announcements last updated: 29 May 2018 at 12:36:18 AM
