Uptime Vs. Stuck tape

[Sean]

I still think it rocks =) 
Although If it was a scsi tape drive I would have been tempted to hot swap
it out. =)

On Wed, 14 Feb 2001, Daniel R . Kilbourne wrote:

> 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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