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To: C.K. Houston who wrote (331)	8/18/1999 8:41:00 PM
From: Cheeky Kid	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 662

Major Y2K Net failures unlikely usatoday.com

To: C.K. Houston who wrote (331)	8/18/1999 9:02:00 PM
From: flatsville	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 662

Internet y2k Readiness: A Leap of Faith msnbc.com Fair Use/yaddah, yaddah, yaddah Internet is Y2K ready… maybe White House, Net experts seek to deter millennium bug fears By Brock N. Meeks MSNBC >>>WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 — The Internet's core structure is expected to remain operational during the transition to the new year, unaffected by the infamous Year 2000 technology problem, a White House official said Tuesday after meeting with a group of Internet experts. That optimistic outlook, however, contains a soft-white underbelly: uncertainty. All assessments of Internet readiness addressing the Y2K problem are merely taken for granted; there are no independent audits to confirm the Internet's readiness, the official admitted to MSNBC.<<< >>>The Internet really comes down to 13 machines, called “root servers.” These are the major “data traffic cops” for the entire Internet. If those puppies blow, the entire global network grinds to halt. Network Solutions Inc., which runs the database handling all the .COM, .ORG and .NET domain names, also runs two of the world's 13 root servers. NSI, a publicly traded company, makes some foreboding statements in its required filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. NSI warned that if proper precautions aren't taken, “a failure of or interruption to normal business” would occur. NSI's visibility, owing to its fiduciary responsibilities to shareholders, makes it accountable. Not so with the other 11 root servers; those are run by volunteers, computer grad students at universities and other non-governmental organizations around the world. >>>NSI put the world on notice with its SEC filing, stating that it has “no responsibility for, nor control over, other Internet domain name server operators that are critical to the efficient operation of the Internet… We do not know whether such domain name server operators have hardware, software or firmware that is Year 2000 compliant.” On Tuesday, CIX's Dooley sought to belay such hyperbole, saying that the “root servers are Y2K-ready, according to their operators.” However, no one has independently verified the statements of the root server operators.<<<

To: C.K. Houston who wrote (331)	8/19/1999 12:11:00 AM
From: Cheeky Kid	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 662

RE: CSCO You said: >>Cisco Systems Inc., the world's leading Internet component supplier, lists 25 products on its Web site cisco.com that are not compliant and a further 31 that the company does not plan on testing because it regards them as too old to be serviced. Some of these products were sold as recently as three years ago. Many are still in use ... << I learned from my source: > Cisco has been on a campaign for two years now to make sure that all of our customers have either upgraded their existed equipment or replaced old equipment with new Y2K compliant equipment. If they won't do one of these two things, they are asked to sign a document that indicates that CSCO has warned them of a potential problem. It is true that some older products are not going to be made Y2K compliant. CSCO actually views the Y2K thing as an PR opportunity to show how loyal we are to our customers. Anyone that has any customer responsibility (Account Manager, Systems Engineers, Tech Support and Product Managers) are on call to a specific customer just to add a level of comfort. Other departments are volunteering because we get paid and we know we won't have to do anything. < Please post facts Cheryl !!!

To: C.K. Houston who wrote (331)	8/19/1999 12:33:00 AM
From: Jorj X Mckie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 662

Cheryl, I strongly suggest that you and other readers visit the link to Cisco's website. It will lead you to this Y2K section. cisco.com If you have specific questions, I encourage you to use the contact information that is available. Just because the media publishes a sensationalistic item, does not make their speculation "fact". In the interest of full disclosure, I am a Cisco employee, however there is a group that is dedicated to Y2K issues and therefore it would not be proper for me to comment further in this forum. Again, please visit the website and contact the appropriate representatives listed at that site before coming to a conclusion. JXM