[CentOS] VirtIO drivers and CentOS 5.4(Final)

[Johnny Hughes]

On 05/06/2015 06:04 AM, lhecking at users.sourceforge.net wrote:
> 
>> You have several hundred more Critical or Important security updates
>> outstanding.  If that box touches the Internet in any way, it is likely
>> compromised.  Just in the last 6 months there are 21 Important or
>> Critical updates.
> 
>  That is an important qualifier: *If* that box touches the Internet in any way.
>  Although one might add that attacks on the LAN can be nastier since there
>  usually is local access.
> 
>  While I'm all for keeping machines current, there are production environments
>  where upgrading is a huge pain or outright impossible. Where any upgrades need
>  to undergo a rigorous QA process. Where an outdated  environment including
>  equally outdated production tools needs to be maintained, on the chance e.g.
>  that a customer return requires reworking an old part. I would consider it
>  part of list etiquette to not second-guess those who for one reason or another
>  make a conscious decision to stick to a particular environent.
> 
>  I will no doubt be told that CentOS 5.4 = CentOS 5.11 = CentOS 5, ie. the
>  same OS, but this is not strictly true. For example, it would appear that
>  autofs breakage and performance loss is at a minimum in 5.4.
> 
>  There :)

Its your box and your job ... so :)


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