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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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* 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>=20
Alex> This assumes that a reboot is necessary to apply a security patch.  I=
s this
Alex> necessarily the case?  For instance, an upgrade of Bind to patch a ho=
le
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

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