-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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? - -- 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. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFBIdgS9HxQb37XmcRArGuAKCJavcocr8PKZgHADOanF4kRXkjuACgqE9I AF5j1y3SHtdvQsaZH2aO5Go= =xjUg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
