Ben Lutgens <blutgens at sistina.com> writes: > On 01 Mar 2001 10:32:54 -0500, Cory Spitz wrote: > > > Nice to meet you all. I'm new to the list and new to the area. Anyway, > > on with the show. > > > > Uptime is overrated. I'm pretty sure that in 468 days your kernel has > > some pretty serious security flaws. I know that you said your systems > > were firewalled... just be careful. > > > You must be new. Uptime means money. Uptime means someone don't have to > babysit the box, and that your clients don't have to wait for the > servers to come back online. If you think that the kernels state > degrades over time you're on crack. Perhaps you should read the story > from Bob on the old mailing list server for tclug. There isn't that many > security holes found in the kernel if you build it right. Most of them > come in the userspace crap that most people think they need to run on > production boxen. Uptime means you haven't put in a kernel security upgrade in, in this case, 468 days. Possibly that kernel hasn't needed one; if so that's good. Mine have. -- David Dyer-Bennet / Welcome to the future! / dd-b at dd-b.net SF: http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/ Minicon: http://www.mnstf.org/minicon/ Photos: http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/