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Date: Fri Apr  1 17:51:35 2005
From: bart2k at hushmail.com (bart2k@...hmail.com)
Subject: Internet Going Down For Maintenance

Actually, I believe that since the internet core is run off of the 
MS platform that this has something to do with the release 
Microsoft SP1 for their 2003 release yesterday.  ;)


On Fri, 01 Apr 2005 08:09:02 -0800 Steve Kudlak 
<chromazine@...global.net> wrote:
>I suspect that this has something to do with today being April 
>First 
>called "April Fool's Day". My sister in Pittsburgh is one year 
>oloder 
>today. Since she was born a couple months permature she was a 
>pretty big 
>April Fool's surprise.
>
>Have Fun,
>Sends Steve
>
>
>Larry Seltzer wrote:
>
>>Internet To Close For Maintenance This Weekend
>> 
>>April 1, 2005 Posted: 6:36 AM EDT (1136 GMT)
>> 
>>BERN, Switzerland (Reuters) -- Long-scheduled maintenance will 
>bring the
>>Internet down this Saturday from 9PM to 3AM Greenwich Mean Time. 
>> 
>>The Internet Architecture Board, in coordination with the United 
>Nations,
>>has planned an "infrastructure maintenance window" for several 
>years.
>>According to IAB Senior Consultant Ursula Techenspüf "such a 
>massive network
>>requires occasional maintenance to upgrade aging equipment." Also 
>planned is
>>the first resorting of IP (Internet Protocol) numbers since 
>before the
>>dotcom boom.
>> 
>>Techenspüf added "Years ago, when the Internet was largely 
>academic, such
>>maintenance was not as stressful or disruptive. Most maintenance 
>can be
>>performed on a 'hot' network now, but resetting of the Internet 
>core still
>>requires taking it down."
>> 
>>Users should not expect to lose much data, although experts do 
>warn of a
>>potential data surge when the network comes back up, and advise 
>users to
>>bring systems back on the network slowly and cautiously.
>> 
>>Copyright 2005 Reuters. All rights reserved. This material may 
>not be
>>published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed
>> 
>>
>>
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