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Date:      Tue, 17 Sep 2002 17:10:29 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Jeremy C. Reed" <reed@reedmedia.net>
To:        freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re[2]: Stolen BSD code found in Linux kernel
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.43.0209171705500.23917-100000@pilchuck.reedmedia.net>
In-Reply-To: <11940544419.20020918014947@dds.nl>

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On Wed, 18 Sep 2002, Alex wrote:

> It would be healty for a server if it rebooted once a month of every
> other month, due to security reasons. (install of new OS version cq
> security updates)

Usually new OS versions aren't available every month. And just because a
new version is officially released doesn't mean that you need to update to
it then.

Also security updates don't all deal with kernel. And some kernel security
issues may be for some kernel code/features that aren't even used.

Maybe every five or six months to one year is closer (and broad) estimate
for needed reboots.

   Jeremy C. Reed
   http://bsd.reedmedia.net/


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