Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 18:28:04 -0500 From: David Kelly <dkelly@HiWAAY.net> To: Zbigniew Szalbot <zszalbot@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org, Chad Marshall <cmarshall@ahm-inc.com> Subject: Re: uptime 2 years! Message-ID: <54C46368-FF5F-483F-B76E-650F0C4ED804@HiWAAY.net> In-Reply-To: <94136a2c0810090811t7d32b0cekde2a55fbaabaa2fd@mail.gmail.com> References: <DAC3662D-4B24-4986-87C3-7113A070A575@ahm-inc.com> <20081008223925.GB97321@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> <2F5A85A9-3C1C-4328-9D4C-8722B3FDB2A1@ahm-inc.com> <28283d910810081851h7ab99b5y94b68f04b2a956e7@mail.gmail.com> <74E268D6-92EB-415F-8A28-86909F2F8B56@ahm-inc.com> <20081009143515.GA41174@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> <C3508D04-377D-4384-B620-FABCAF4E766C@ahm-inc.com> <94136a2c0810090811t7d32b0cekde2a55fbaabaa2fd@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Oct 09, 2008 at 05:11:13PM +0200, Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: > > But the discussion that followed made me realize that uptime is not > everything. I also love to see huge uptimes on my servers but if > anything this discussion brought it home to me that more than anything > I need to take care of security updates which I do. Yes, uptime isn't everything. But when security notices are published its important to read the notice and question whether it immediately applies to your situation. In my case a kernel flaw which allows an otherwise valid user to elevate authority is not terribly important on my 2 year machine. Something which allows an unauthorized user into the machine is important. OTOH while my kernel has been running 2 years I have wiped ports completely several times and reinstalled. IIRC it takes 3 or 4 days to build X11 and KDE last time I tired. No longer has X11 or KDE. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net ======================================================================== Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.
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