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On Dec 18, 2015 7:14 PM, "Leam Hall" <<a href="mailto:leamhall@gmail.com">leamhall@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Well, the F5 BigIPs were BSD then Linux. Cisco Nexus switches are also running Linux. I think its a done deal. A while back I was looking at some big Sun hardware controllers, like the DELL DRAC. It ran Linux.<br>
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> What bothers me is they are often viewed as "an appliance" and never get patched or secured.</p>
<p dir="ltr">And THAT will be ignored as it become a 'Linux failure'. The corollary to "publish early and often" is "patch early and often".<br>
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> On 12/18/15 19:03, DJ-Pfulio wrote:<br>
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>> On 12/18/2015 06:20 PM, Alex Carver wrote:<br>
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>>> <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/18/politics/juniper-networks-us-government-security-hack/index.html">http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/18/politics/juniper-networks-us-government-security-hack/index.html</a><br>
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>> Not realizing the issue for 6 years? Srsly?<br>
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>> So we can't trust Juniper, Cisco, Netgear, TL-link, ... there are only a few<br>
>> left. Looks like building our own network routers and switches with BSD or<br>
>> Linux will be the only way going forward.<br>
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