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minus-squareLanmanager@lemmy.fmhy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoThat might backfire on WD. I wonder if people will be posting pics of successive warnings like a trophy. Like sometime posting screenshots of router uptimes.
minus-squareargv_minus_one@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoWhen I see long uptimes, my first and pretty much only thought is of unpatched vulnerabilities.
minus-squareSaik0@lemmy.saik0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoEh, depends on the purpose of the device and what it’s running. Many Linux/Unix kernels don’t need reboot to restart services after updates.
minus-squareargv_minus_one@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThey do have to reboot to apply kernel updates, and kernels have their share of vulnerabilities.
minus-squarebaduhai@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIt’s entirely possible to update the kernel without rebooting.
That might backfire on WD. I wonder if people will be posting pics of successive warnings like a trophy. Like sometime posting screenshots of router uptimes.
When I see long uptimes, my first and pretty much only thought is of unpatched vulnerabilities.
Eh, depends on the purpose of the device and what it’s running. Many Linux/Unix kernels don’t need reboot to restart services after updates.
They do have to reboot to apply kernel updates, and kernels have their share of vulnerabilities.
It’s entirely possible to update the kernel without rebooting.