Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 16:28:20 +0200 From: Roger Vetterberg <roger@vetterberg.com> To: Dan Naumov <dan.naumov@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How long do you go without upgrading FreeBSD to a newer release? Message-ID: <4BF54704.20909@vetterberg.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTilslPj7GtFD_tbliyvm7_18qeJOYqDMEca_70fa@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTilslPj7GtFD_tbliyvm7_18qeJOYqDMEca_70fa@mail.gmail.com>
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On 2010-05-16 17:42, Dan Naumov wrote: > Hello folks > [snip] > > Do you liva by the "If it's not broken, don't fix it" mantra or do you > religiously keep your OS installations up to date? > > > - Sincerely, > Dan Naumov Depends on the installation requirements. I know of two 2.2.8 installations on PII hardware still running like champs, not a glitch in god knows how many years of 24/7 operation. None of them are exposed externally so there are no security considerations. The customers that runs them are still more then happy with their servers so I'm actually a bit curious to see how long they will keep them running. I have a few other servers that are highly exposed. My mantra there is to run _verified_ software. Not necessarily the latest, but software that has no known bugs and has been well tested. To religiously update everytime there is a new version and blame it on security is stupid. How do you know that a brand new version of a software does not contain a big gaping security hole unless it has been tested in the wild yet? -- R
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