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Edit: it's CentOS 7 (original: CentOS 3 on a self checkout?!?) (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by harsh3466@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Am I crazy in thinking that the shop I was in that has CentOS 3 running their self checkouts should have a more up to date and currently supported OS? These are brand new self checkouts (the shop has had them for about a year now, but you get my point.)

It’s a genuine question. Am I wrong in thinking that using this OS on a self checkout is a terrible idea? (FWIW this shop is an international retailer)

I have no stake in the shop or anything. I just happened to be there when they had to reboot a self checkout and I noticed the OS version as I was going by.

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[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Its a POS. By definition its internet connected.

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm sure it's not directly connected with an externally accessible IP. It's either communicating with a backoffice server, or on a secure VPN tunnel to the rest of the corporate network.

[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 1 points 3 months ago

The point is that it shouldn't be accessible, but a vulnerability would make it accessible. Its connected to the internet. Its a risk.