Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 16:05:24 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: ADyas@twowaytv.com Subject: Re: uptime limits Message-ID: <20010521160524.I60364@everest.wananchi.com> In-Reply-To: <911D8F660DF6D411B61F00500462BA01775914@exchange.twowaytv.co.uk>; from "Alex Dyas" on Mon, May 21, 2001 at 01:34:52PM %2B0100 References: <911D8F660DF6D411B61F00500462BA01775914@exchange.twowaytv.co.uk>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] * Alex Dyas <ADyas@twowaytv.com> [20010521 15:36]: writing on the subject 'RE: uptime limits' Alex> > If you have an uptime of 497 days then you basically have a system riddled Alex> with security holes. Alex> Alex> This assumes that a reboot is necessary to apply a security patch. Is this Alex> necessarily the case? For instance, an upgrade of Bind to patch a hole Alex> wouldn't mean powering the system down would it? I think it applies to those of us who have adopted cvsup -->make world --> make kernel option to patching. It will always be necessary for us to reboot for the changes to be eefective. -Wash -- Odhiambo Washington Wananchi Online Ltd., wash@wananchi.com 1st Flr Loita Hse Tel: 254 2 313985 Loita Street., Fax: 254 2 313922 PO Box 10286, 00100-NAIROBI,KE. Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. -- G. B. Shaw [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7CRKUn7LIsuxjem8RAlCDAKCrbpegz5FUIo4VAQHw6BKt/8V00QCfbz3z 7aJO9e7ZUMtDEEhZcLtk+2M= =ws/9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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