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Subject: Re: uptime on hub.freebsd.org
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> > > 11:42AM  up 100 days, 14:29, 10 users, load averages: 0.41, 0.44, 0.47
> > 10:01AM  up 279 days, 19:56, 2 users, load averages: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
> 
> just think about all those bugs and security holes in both systems...

Almost all of the bugs and security holes on those systems require
accounts on those systems (except for sendmail and BIND).  If you have
no users, and the above two services are not externally available, then
you have nothing to worry about.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.


Nate