Re: 3.4 CDs (a little OT)

[Rossam Souza Silva <rss@cin.ufpe.br>]

Hi, Ron.

Please, give me a name of an operating system that don't
need upgrades (at least some kind of upgrade, i.e. some
system component) in 12 months?

Please, name it, it'll be perfect for everyone.

Rossam.

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On Tue, 16 Sep 2003, Ron Nicholson wrote:

> If I am understanding part of the topic, OpenBSD is released twice a year.
> If you want to be secure you should upgrade twice a year.  I will assume
> that because it is supported for 12 months that there will be security
> patches issued during that time.  I am trying to convince my company to use
> OpenBSD in our DMZ.  I don't want to have to upgrade every 6 months to be
> secure.  Now that said I understand that things have to be patched and holes
> plugged all the time.  Just seems like a lot of upgrading.  I have never
> upgraded OpenBSD, maybe it is real simple, maybe not.
>
> If it is only supported for 12 months and I am right in my assumption, this
> means that there will never be any patches or fixes for a version that is
> older than 12 months.
>
> I guess my question is: Do I want to use OpenBSD to secure my company?
>
> Sorry to have rambled on but this topic has given me pause in my decision to
> use OpenBSD.  I would just like some clarification.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Ron Nicholson
> System Administrator
> Dolese Bros. Co.
> 405.297.8289
> ronn@dolese.com