[c-nsp] Ode to the old days

[James Bensley]

On 8 December 2016 at 16:42, Ryan L <ryan.nsplist at gmail.com> wrote:
> It's a source of anxiety for me these days.
>
> Generally means no patching has occurred and likely vulnerabilities gone
> unaddressed. ;)
>
> Can barely keep up anymore.
>
> 10 years is impressive though. That's like a hundred in switch years.

Its impressive the switch didn't crash but beyond that I also agree it
just makes me nervous. These days I'm almost driving for less uptime;
in little setups I'm having N+1, N+2, N+N devices so that I can
upgrade them (and thus reboot) with zero impact like every 6-12 months
max, to keep up to date with bug fixes and security wholes. Until/if
we reach the day we master ISSU I see uptime as a "bad thing" (this is
probably a reflection more on the vendor).

Cheers,
James.