Re: system is up 1 year
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On 09/10/06 16:34, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 10, 2006 at 02:12:51PM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> http://klive.cpushare.com/2.6.11.6-procmail/
>> shows that the system is up one year.
>> Not bad.
>>
> Actually, I would say that it is very bad:
>
> http://secunia.com/product/2719/?task=advisories_2006
>
> There are 31 security advisories against Linux 2.6 so far in 2006, some
> of which are rated as "moderately critical." I would say that a Linux
> 2.6 box with one year of up time is one with many exploitable, some
> even remote, vulnerabilities. While I am all in favor of trumpeting the
> stability of Linux, uptime should not be the primary measure of that.
That is if the kernel is at (more than slight) risk of infection.
If you sit behind a firewalling router, don't run an httpd, an ftpd,
etc, how much at risk are you?
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Is "common sense" really valid?
For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that
whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins
are mud people.
However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong.
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