When I see numbers like that, I cringe. Just looking over the
last couple months, these kernel-related SecurityFocus BugTraq
advisories have been issued:
- 02.03.026
- 02.04.004
- 02.04.030
- 02.09.021
(a nice blend of information leakage, DoS attacks, and root exploits).
With an uptime that large, I'm betting you have not patched your
kernel lately :) A large uptime is not necessarily a good thing.
George
Bill Warner wrote:
>
> #uptime
> 5:31pm up 419 days, 21:59, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
>
> talk to me when you get close to this. (and it is just not busy right
> now becase its after 5pm)
>
> Bill Warner
>
> On Mon, 2002-03-11 at 15:51, George Toft wrote:
> > My wife's shiny new computer, with Windows XP preloaded, had to
> > be rebooted this weekend after an appalling 60 days of uptime.
> > Look out Linux, it looks like Microsoft is on to something. Now
> > all I have to do is figure out how my son can play his games
> > without being an administrator.
> >
> > George
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