Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:51:32 -0600 From: Steve Bertrand <steve.bertrand@gmail.com> To: Mark Felder <feld@feld.me> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Uptime [OT] Message-ID: <4FDAB144.6040102@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <op.wfxdx9ds34t2sn@cr48.lan> References: <4FDAA9F3.8050308@gmail.com> <op.wfxdkppk34t2sn@cr48.lan> <4FDAAE17.5000300@gmail.com> <op.wfxdx9ds34t2sn@cr48.lan>
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On 14/06/2012 9:43 PM, Mark Felder wrote: > On Thu, 14 Jun 2012 22:37:59 -0500, Steve Bertrand > <steve.bertrand@gmail.com> wrote: > >> That's hardcore homie... wow! >> What does this box survive to do? > > > Transparent traffic shaping/firewalling via IPFW; it's not actually > visible to the internet. There isn't much load at all, but the hardware > is quickly aging. The dual power supply has saved it a few times, too. I > think there's another server which I believe is close to 2600 days > uptime but I'll have to brainstorm and see if I can remember which one > it is. lmao... you must be a sysadmin ;) IPFW is all I've used on FreeBSD. I designed an ISP edge based on Microtic hardware with flash-based FBSD installs with Quagga and IPFW. I was hesitant to change to anything else, because I wrote an awful lot of Perl code that automated IPFW changes across the network. I don't use FBSD as much as I used to, but I still stick to my roots and write most of my code on it. I don't maintain many servers with it anymore though. This is why I thought I'd speak up... to let everyone know I'm still alive and kicking. Apparently, so is one of my boxes ;) Steve
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