[TriLUG] oldest production linux box

[Turnpike Man]

I'm betting for "company's internal use" he may not care as long as it performs
its duties.  But a good question anyway!

--- Mike M <linux-support at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 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
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