Uptime Vs. Stuck tape

Daniel R . Kilbourne drk@voyager.net
Wed, 14 Feb 2001 21:08:10 -0500


it is an indirect relation

many things, but primarily (that I can think of) is kernel security


if your machine is up for long times, then that means that the kernel has not been updated in a long time.



James Leikert extolled:
> i'm confused, care to explain how uptime is correlated to security?
> 
> jim
> 
> > Uptime is overrated.  If your Linux box has 355 days of uptime
> > and it's on a public network then it's a security risk anyhow.
> 
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