From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 11 18:33:33 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0932516A41F for ; Thu, 11 Aug 2005 18:33:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dmitry.mityugov@gmail.com) Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.206]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90D3043D45 for ; Thu, 11 Aug 2005 18:33:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dmitry.mityugov@gmail.com) Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id i5so429648wra for ; Thu, 11 Aug 2005 11:33:32 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=pgk/P+w+BviixA3xhSfulFuPyqC1BkdZP4UbzQAvsdlUZ0vHb3HjH+tczLNkKXtKDQ7XwVeGWhN7FgtW6wIGQsZwEjx6aokg7UV6kXeEZ7manDRkFcOoxPr1nvyUF9pIrvMFHDdGPDDicT3n29YqCureVeLVNzA62Q8vD9UGSog= Received: by 10.54.3.8 with SMTP id 8mr1390577wrc; Thu, 11 Aug 2005 11:33:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.54.56.33 with HTTP; Thu, 11 Aug 2005 11:33:31 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 22:33:31 +0400 From: Dmitry Mityugov To: Bob Johnson In-Reply-To: <54db43990508111037567c6750@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <42F976E8.60008@bomar.us> <1123772249.42fb67599fa7d@webmail.lsi.mine.nu> <42FB74E7.5050206@gmx.at> <54db43990508111037567c6750@mail.gmail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Long Uptime X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 18:33:33 -0000 On 8/11/05, Bob Johnson wrote: > On 8/11/05, lars wrote: > > pablo.delgado@lsi.mine.nu wrote: > > > Nice, I to have a machine that is not to far behind you, its been up = for 1 > > year > > > and 4 months. > > > > > > I use it to show potential customers the power and stability of the > > FreeBSD > > > System. I dont ever recall any windows server staying up that long. = =3D) > > > > > > -Pablo > > I could send you some mails that advertise creams that could help with = that > > ;-) > > > > Apart from that, I must agree with Dave Horsfall - please provide an IP= . >=20 > Is there a critical patch that you believe those machines would need? > Anything more serious than a potential denial of service attack? Indeed. If the machine is properly firewalled, what kind of attack other than DoS can break it? --=20 Dmitry Mityugov, St. Petersburg, Russia I ignore all messages with confidentiality statements "We live less by imagination than despite it" - Rockwell Kent, "N by E"