News

  • Four seasons on our website

    Winter auroras, spring blossoms, a summer lake and golden autumn. Pick a look to suit your mood or let the calendar choose.

  • Server management has moved to your account

    The vm.forestsnet.cloud panel is closed as of 28 October. All server management now lives in your account, and the move brings a console with clipboard paste, temporary access without a password, IPv4 replacement and primary address selection.

  • Germany is back on sale: two nodes in Frankfurt

    Servers in Frankfurt can be ordered again — EP-1…EP-5 plans at the same prices as in the Netherlands. There are now two nodes on AMD EPYC 7713, each connected with two 25 Gbit/s links through separate network cards.

  • Critical GitLab vulnerability: how to check and update your server

    GitLab has fixed CVE-2026-110264, rated the maximum CVSS 10.0: it allows code execution on the server without signing in. If your VPS runs its own GitLab, update to the fixed version of your branch — instructions inside.

  • Emergency PHP security release: what to check on your server

    PHP has released fixes for two critical vulnerabilities that allow unauthenticated remote code execution. If your VPS runs a website, WordPress, Bitrix or a PHP-based panel, update now — instructions inside.

  • Hosting providers breached via VMmanager 6: what leaked, what we did and what you should do

    On the night of 16 to 17 October attackers hit hosting providers running VMmanager 6, and we were affected too. Here is what leaked, what we did and what to check on your server.

  • Emergency node reboot: kernel vulnerability PwnEscape patched

    On 17 October we rebooted all hosting nodes one by one to close a critical vulnerability in the Linux kernel. Each server was unavailable for about five to six minutes. We could not warn you in advance — sorry about that.

  • Speed test and Looking Glass — now right on the website

    Ping, speed and route to our locations in the Netherlands and Germany — in the browser, in half a minute. And from the location servers, ping, traceroute and MTR to any address.

  • A 99.8% SLA and an updated edition of the Terms of Service

    From 15 October, the availability of every server is set out in a Service Level Agreement: downtime beyond it earns credits to your balance. We have also updated the Terms of Service.

  • Link your bank account via SBP: pay without a QR code and set up autopay

    Link your bank account through SBP once, with nothing charged. After that you can top up without a QR code and have your servers renew automatically.

  • Third-party domains in server settings: updated rules

    Use any technology and protocol you like, but the target in your server settings must be yours: no third-party sites, especially banks and government bodies. Until 15 October: warnings and three days to fix; after that, a final block.