[Gllug] Anyone using Linux 2.6.0 on production system?

[Jason Clifford]

On Fri, 9 Jan 2004, Martin A. Brooks wrote:

> Given that 2.2, 2.4 and 2.6 were all found to be locally rootable
> recently, I'll be waiting for 2.6.10 or thereabouts before I even
> _think_ about using it in production.

Does that mean you are only running 2.0.x kernels?

The exploit was across all 2.2+ kernels as you state above so this isn't 
overly convincing as a reason to avoid one branch.

I do agree with you however that 2.6 shouldn't be used by those who 
require a stable environment yet. It's just too new and like any new 
kernel the wise will allow time for others to get caught out by 
unexpected issues.

> For the records,  2.2.16 was my first production kernel in that tree, 
> 2.4.19 was my first production kernel in _that_ tree.

The main problem with 2.4 was the complete replacement of the vm layer at 
2.4.10 which put the whole thing back to a .0 release in terms of waiting 
for it to become truely stable.

I understand that this kind of thing is not likely to happen with 2.6 so I 
am hopeful that I can safely try it on a server or two in a few months 
time.

For now I'd advise only those willing to accept the possibility that their 
kernel will need to be replaced fairly often (with the resulting downtime) 
to run a 2.6 kernel.

Jason Clifford
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