Dear users,
In the course of last week, security experts identified 3 separate high
risk vulnerabilities in the operating system used at our grid facility.
We managed to neutralize the first two, but unfortunately, there is no
known protection against the third one.
We have therefore decided to close the Nikhef grid computing facility,
to ensure our systems remain safe. As soon as a fix is available, we
will apply it and enable access to the systems again. We'll inform you
when that has happened.
The storage systems remain available.
We apologize for the inconvenience,
Paco.
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F.J. Bernabé Pellicer
Nikhef, Dutch National Institute for Sub-atomic Physics
Group Computer Technology
Room: H154
Phone: +31 20 592 2185
Science Park 105
1098 XG Amsterdam
The Netherlands
