Should Open Source Software Expire?

Daffy writes "Jon Lasser at SecurityFocus has an idea for combating the tendancy most sysadmins have to leave old versions of software running long after they're known to have security holes. He proposes implanting time codes into all open source networking and security software that cause it to "expire" like a Blade Runner replicant when it reaches a certain age, forcing an update."

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Re:Erm, no

[why-is-it]

I have old internal boxes that are way way out of date, but safely firewalled away doing just what I want them to do.

I don't trust the users on my network any more than I trust the 133t d00dz on the Internet. Will your firewalls protect against your users?

Most security breaches occur from within.