Dossier
OVH
Coverage of OVH in the Nexus archive.
- OVH reveals semi-secret plan to fix critical Januscape bug with mass reboots – and an Australian crash-test dummy
OVH used its Sydney datacenter to test a fix for the critical Januscape KVM vulnerability, which allows attackers to escape guest VMs and compromise host systems. The company opted for mass reboots of hosts after backporting a Debian-based patch, prioritizing security over individual customer downtime.
- France's digital sovereignty push is struggling to escape the Microsoft gravity well
France's Ministry of Education is advancing digital sovereignty by adopting Nextcloud for storage and collaboration, aiming to reduce reliance on non-European tech like Microsoft. However, challenges persist as users remain dependent on Microsoft Office, complicating migration efforts despite government pledges.