[TriLUG] oldest production linux box

[Mike M]

On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 11:11:44AM -0500, Dan wrote:
> Just for grins, what is your oldest linux install still in production?
> 
> Mine is:
> 
> [root at radius /root]# uname -a
> Linux radius.orgtek.com 2.1.70 #5 Thu Dec 11 14:32:06 EST 1997 i686 unknown
> 
> Started life 12/10/1997 as the RADIUS authentication server and primary DNS 
> server for my company's internal use.  I put the RADIUS stuff on another 
> box a couple of years ago but it still is chugging along resolving DNS 
> queries.  Only time it goes down every six months for a Halon test in the 
> computer room.

Is it updated for security?  How do you maintain it for security?
-- 
Mike

When the correction first comes, we tend to underreact. While we do not 
like the surprise, we tend to think of it as maybe a one-time thing. 
Things, we believe, will soon get back to normal. We do not scale back 
our expectations sufficiently. It apparently takes years for this to 
work itself out. - John Mauldin