On 9/5/05, Giedrius Rekaius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 05 Sep 2005 15:52:50 +0300, Stephan A. Rickauer > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I am already in love with it, since I plan to use it as a HA-firewall > > using carp and pfsync. Problem here is just that it looks as if I had to > > reinstall it all year ... > > Hi Stephan, > > If it's just a firewall, and you won't need any new features (wich will > come with some > new release), then why should you upgrade? Just configure it, put the > server somewhere > in the dark corner and it will handle it's job very nicely :) >
If it is a firewall it is a very dangerous thing to do. I would recommend that you not only upgrade for every release but also apply all security patches as soon as they are released. Otherwise your *OpenBSD firewall* can go for a toss :-) kind regards Siju
