> 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. This one hasn't. It serves MRTG graphs and is only accessible by about 4 different machines. No external access. Whatever happened to the running kernel replacement thing awhile back? Someone was working on a project which would allow you to load the new kernel while the system was up so you didn't have to reboot or interrupt any running processes. Was this part of the Realtime Linux project? > -----Original Message----- > From: David Dyer-Bennet [mailto:dd-b at dd-b.net] > Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 10:12 AM > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Couple of questions... > > > 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/ _______________________________________________ tclug-list mailing list tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list