Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 17:06:11 +0200 From: Matt Douhan <matt@fruitsalad.org> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Maximum uptime 497 days? Message-ID: <200406281706.11188.matt@fruitsalad.org> In-Reply-To: <200406281403.i5SE3SwS089871@lurza.secnetix.de>
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On Monday 28 June 2004 16.03, Oliver Fromme wrote: > Rob <stopspam@users.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > By accident I happen to come across this remarkable limit of > > uptime registration for FreeBSD systems. After 497 days, the > > timer jumps to zero again. > > > > 497 days is less than a 1.5 years ! > > I'd be very embarrassed to have machines with that a high > uptime -- It means that they haven't been updated for that > a long time and are probably full of security holes. ;-) > why ? they may not be public machines at all and be isolated to an environment where security is not the primary concern rgds Matthome | help
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