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Message-ID: <424DC199.5090408@securinews.com>
Date: Fri Apr  1 22:48:59 2005
From: seclists at securinews.com (Paul Kurczaba)
Subject: Re: Internet Going Down For Maintenance

Wait... Its not? :)

Jason Weisberger wrote:
> LOL.  I'd love or someone to buy this one.  As if the Internet is in
> one central location.
> 
> 
> On Fri,  1 Apr 2005 08:51:26 -0800, bart2k@...hmail.com wrote:
> 
>>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 Techensp?f "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.
>>>>
>>>>Techensp?f 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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