Board:   [fsxNet] Retro Computing
Subject: Re: Win XP Server
From:    fusion(21:1/616)
Date:    Wed Sep 09, 2026 05:16

On 09 Sep 2026, Nigel Reed said the following...

 NR> On Tue, 8 Sep 2026 18:35:59 -0400
 NR> "fusion" (21:1/616) <fusion@f616.n1.z21.fidonet> wrote:
 NR>
 NR> > not that it's a particularly relevant metric anymore but the current
 NR> > uptime on my Windows 7 BBS machine is:
 NR> >
 NR> > 3 years, 8 days, 12 hours, 14 minutes, 56 seconds
 NR> >
 NR> I have a RHEL 5 box at work I've been trying to get retired for years.
 NR> It's got an uptime of 5 years 142 days. It seemed all fun and games
 NR> when people were reporting these long linux uptimes, but you have to
 NR> admit, it's just as vulnerable to attacks as Windows, and maybe more so
 NR> due to how easy it is to leave ports open for ssh login and obtain
 NR> shell access by various methods. Getting administrator privileges on
 NR> Windows is probably more tricky.

yeah.. i have a couple linux machines i haven't updated for probably half a year, which nowadays is an eternity. they're not internet facing though (just local network). i guess i'll use that as my excuse ;)

my wifi is on a separate network interface from most of my stuff but in theory if someone came over with an infected windows laptop and got on there
it could find and pass along some stuff to the old windows machines. same for the linux machines.

*shrug* .. i just concentrate on the firewall/router and make sure nginx is up to date. heaven forbid mystic ever has an easy exploit. that's all that's remotely accessable.

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