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From: Alex Dyas <ADyas@twowaytv.com>
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Subject: RE: uptime limits
Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 13:34:52 +0100
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> If you have an uptime of 497 days then you basically have a system riddled
with security holes.

This assumes that a reboot is necessary to apply a security patch.  Is this
necessarily the case?  For instance, an upgrade of Bind to patch a hole
wouldn't mean powering the system down would it?

alex..

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