Date: Sat, 16 May 2020 13:18:16 -0700 From: Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> To: "@lbutlr" <kremels@kreme.com> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [FreeBSD-Announce] FreeBSD 12.0 end-of-life Message-ID: <2F483113-2B65-4F95-9B7F-AC94F06795A5@mail.sermon-archive.info> In-Reply-To: <257EF587-92B5-4671-B6F4-89E86CC2ACA0@kreme.com> References: <20200217231452.717FA1E820@freefall.freebsd.org> <CAFYkXjmZi1-MB6W0HsMx9gHek7Xg5heoSKKWkNTnw74dxRTwAw@mail.gmail.com> <85E7C97E-EF8B-4FC7-8EF1-758B7BCBAE90@kreme.com> <05112EEC-7FA3-4E18-974B-263A58058E01@kicp.uchicago.edu> <332714B8-2798-42CF-A082-9EDA180CC65B@kreme.com> <20200516201923.8676289a.freebsd@edvax.de> <257EF587-92B5-4671-B6F4-89E86CC2ACA0@kreme.com>
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> On 16 May 2020, at 11:56, @lbutlr <kremels@kreme.com> wrote: >=20 > On 16 May 2020, at 12:19, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: >> And it runs and runs and runs and runs. Older hardware could do this. = And older software, in combination with that hardware, could do this. As = long as the requirements don't change, it's not a problem, especially = not when _not_ connected to the Internet - yes, I'm quite aware that = _this_ is a significant problem in considering system security. >=20 > If the computer is not connected to any other computers and no person = ever has access to it, that=E2=80=99s fine. >=20 Here is a real example: I have an older machine running some older = version (I don't even care which one it is). It serves as a 3rd level = backup for my main machines. It is powered on about once a week (when I = remember) and it initiates a backup to it and then shuts itself off. It = only has a connection to an internal LAN. There is no internet = connection. I also have 2 first level backups on site, and a 2nd level = backup off-site. Interestingly enough, in running with this backup = architecture for over 10 years, I have never had to resort to any of = them. I also have solar power and battery backup so that when = commercial power goes off, nothing notices, not even the cheap alarm = clocks. Not to shabby for a home office environment. -- Doug
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