From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 14 16:23: 2 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 14 16:23:00 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from grumpy.dyndns.org (user-24-214-56-157.knology.net [24.214.56.157]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 064A237B400 for ; Thu, 14 Dec 2000 16:22:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grumpy.dyndns.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id eBF0Ms444072 for ; Thu, 14 Dec 2000 18:22:54 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dkelly@grumpy.dyndns.org) Message-Id: <200012150022.eBF0Ms444072@grumpy.dyndns.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.2 06/23/2000 with nmh-1.0.4 To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Netcraft In-Reply-To: Message from Vandenhouten Jeremy-JVANDEN1 of "Thu, 14 Dec 2000 10:05:37 CST." <0DF9920C9AD8D211AB0C0008C7CF1C9A04A130EB@il27exm02.cig.mot.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 18:22:54 -0600 From: David Kelly Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Vandenhouten Jeremy-JVANDEN1 writes: > >From Netcraft: > > Operating systems we can usually work out uptimes for are: > > FreeBSD [but not the default configuration in versions 3 and later] > > Additionally, NT4 uptimes cycle back to zero after 49.7 days, and > give timestamps exactly as if the machine had been rebooted at this > precise point, while HP-UX, Linux, Solaris and recent releases of > FreeBSD also cycle back to zero after 497 days. > > > Has anyone been looking into these issues, or know how to solve > the "default configuration problem?" What makes you think its a problem? Would you want to advertise your uptime so the script kiddies can confirm their kills? -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message