Hi, If security is your main concern, you should really consider 2.6: Technologies like AppArmor are are giving a lot of confidence. And you have intrusion detection included.
And IMHO you have no long term alternative to using current and maintained software. R. Am Dienstag, 13. März 2007 12:01 schrieb Roman Medina-Heigl Hernandez: > Hello, > > Andrew Miehs escribió: > > On 13/03/2007, at 11:22 AM, Roman Medina-Heigl Hernandez wrote: > >>> Hello, > >>> > >>> Server version: Apache Tomcat/5.5.17 > >>> Server number: 5.5.17.0 > >>> OS Version: 2.4.34-grsec-rslabs-k7 > >>> JVM Version: 1.4.2_10-b03 > > > > Look for NPTL and Linux in Google... > > I liked this article: > http://linuxdevices.com/articles/AT6753699732.html > > > I would seriously recommend upgrading to a 2.6 kernel - (unless > > performance for your web app is irrelevant) > > I'll think about it. Performance, in this case, is not too much relevant. I > was indeed worried about "memory exhausted" problems and things like that, > but not about how speedy my application could run. If the application is > stable enough in 2.4, I could keep that kernel. Many people consider kernel > 2.4 more secure than 2.6, and in my case I prefer security to performance. > > > It would also be time to think about an upgrade to Java 1.5 or 1.6. > > Would I notice big performance improvements if upgrading? (specially > regarding threading?) 1.5 or 1.6? > > Thanks for your help, Andrew. It is appreciated. > > Cheers, > -Roman > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
