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Re: Weird server mystery: self-reset, mostly



On 26/01/11 20:58, Bob Proulx wrote:
> will trillich wrote:
>>  23:58:11 up 583 days,  3:03,  6 users,  load average: 0.00, 0.02, 0.08
> You have not rebooted your system in 583 days meaning that you have
> NOT taken any of the posted Linux kernel security upgrades in that
> time period.  You may have been hit by any of the cracks running in
> the wild that are known and fixed but you have not installed.  After a
> couple of years of being vulnerable to security issues it could be
> anything.  You should install security upgrades and reboot to activate
> the new kernels otherwise you are not protected.
> 
> Subscribe to security-announce and keep updated.

I totally agree with Bob.  We know our systems run fine now that Debian
is very mature, and the old notion of safeguarding an uptime whilst
neglecting security is a bit old fashioned.

-- 

elbbit


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