Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 12:03:29 +1000 From: Jerahmy Pocott <quakenet1@optusnet.com.au> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Long Uptime Message-ID: <D204103E-3CE8-44BE-8439-48FF0643CE66@optusnet.com.au> References: <6ECB363F-1ACE-40E8-AE86-73C7C010CC11@optusnet.com.au>
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On 20/08/2005, at 11:34 AM, Nikolas Britton wrote: > > You can keep a windows 2000 system secure without patching!: > > * Uninstall Outlook Express and IE ( http://www.litepc.com/ ), Install > Firefox and Thunderbird. > * Install Perl, Uninstall WSH. > * Hardware (m0n0wall) and software (stealth mode, deny all (Kerio, > ZoneAlarm, etc.)) firewalls. > * Virus scanner. > * Remove MS JVM, install Sun's. > * MS Office replaced with OpenOffice (Don't install Outlook!!!). > * Subscribe to CERT advisories list. > > I had a running average of 30-40 days between reboots, I think the > highest was 90+ days, on my main do everything and anything desktop PC > (it runs FreeBSD, 6-STABLE, now). > Many updates are for core things that require reboots though.. As a desktop you can get away with it.. As a server I don't think I would take the risk.. Also, in my experience windows systems start running quite slow after about 3 days of heavy load due to memory leaks and the like, which isn't so noticeable with just a web server, but on databases it gets horrible.. When I used windows I pretty much rebooted every 3-5 days due to loss in performance.. I guess newer versions might have less leaks.. But it is just as likely they have more!
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