From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Jan 25 19:45:39 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BD04A46A6C for ; Mon, 25 Jan 2016 19:45:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kudzu@tenebras.com) Received: from mail-yk0-x236.google.com (mail-yk0-x236.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4002:c07::236]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E863C268 for ; Mon, 25 Jan 2016 19:45:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kudzu@tenebras.com) Received: by mail-yk0-x236.google.com with SMTP id v14so173902608ykd.3 for ; Mon, 25 Jan 2016 11:45:38 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=tenebras-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=U7iZoILgRHVL9RL/kghURVCHxZo170s5ilm1KByBAxM=; b=jdtxo0LiTQGzawb5pirN3wz0OAY4zX9/nMovPKlFpgR3UQK0sB+ezi5elNYHUUrNaS gIatf/7lteaHznIqlVDk+5ZA2Qg7AZGbNESgMmxvo/1YMNonklRWVoPQx4mDNgF1uMy/ OZUAFHsADnxlV9pAZGAojHU0Kc9+Z4zbdkMiCo/zKFEvi2bYLl1cJ1uIJ4yNrbQLvRzp SUE4qgfUJmFvVm/b7y5RZZFojsL9wtVm+ltPoasSSJo6xDm442U6Wfd6jNHsK9Vg/eOm k9t1J6/n4u7XxxQPngJi2AkiyuaYtaMzdeZrwwkzCtcnJmP64L4YN7rj7jBMn8MilSrU hWeQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=U7iZoILgRHVL9RL/kghURVCHxZo170s5ilm1KByBAxM=; b=RDJykKUmRtQfv9qNcxsDEpIkH+fNVemk2LVX2gDD9i7BLWfQypzAxmIeTIVVsZswu2 ro2HkQ8PmeN1iK4QuYB6aeaMSbLeTwiFeMZFhWsBh/Z6arlYAURQfh52WM5jTXXqeAok iX9atTp5xo5hvciMK4Il8C24HbTJw71thqXAU0AwXr/U8QSbeht8C/tvbrMLNXeUpQYg jGUu84s0j5VdzF2GUxMlYV7ac8vCJgDWY8YQ1BTC0/SXgADHY/cSUvcyw4c8enfeRdzp L+vrdo/iVJdOm4GLo7ppFhDdsKaILjW7kOZBRuOvqXIeUXvOKhOsdLeZxXdEgg1Y/Jfe +XoA== X-Gm-Message-State: AG10YORzSY/Cg7Z5EgQ6rBDxudjQDMSayoPJAf2asKxPJe5PsHJByEbRwBQaxvKMxuX2laGOkZ17hxZcX3VppK28 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.37.231.141 with SMTP id e135mr9909378ybh.137.1453751138008; Mon, 25 Jan 2016 11:45:38 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.37.215.207 with HTTP; Mon, 25 Jan 2016 11:45:37 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20160125200002.2a25e0f8.ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> References: <20160125200002.2a25e0f8.ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 11:45:37 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.2.1 survived uptime for almost 19 years? From: Michael Sierchio To: "O. Hartmann" Cc: FreeBSD Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.20 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 19:45:39 -0000 The funny thing is that there are very, very many devices that use an embedded version of FreeBSD 2.2.1 in fiber channel switches and the like. Running inetd. - M On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 11:00 AM, O. Hartmann wrote: > I just read this, it may have already come to your attention, so sorry > about the noise, > but for those surprised like myself, here is a nice story about a > rock-solid system: > > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/01/14/server_retired_after_18_years_and_ten_months_beat_that_readers/ > > Regards, > > O. Hartmann >