Re: Y2K rollover Vigilance

[Lance Spitzner <lance () ksni net>]

On Tue, 7 Dec 1999, Saravana Ram wrote:

> > I would like to get the wizards' take on what people are doing with respect
> > to staying connected and functional on the Internet during the rollover to
> > the year 2000.  Do most organizations seem to be leaning towards reduced
> > exposure (i.e. shutting down incoming SMTP, restricting download cpability,
> > etc.), total blackout, or business as usual.
>
> If one is doubt of the Y2k compliance of their webservers, mailservers,
> routers, and firewalls, he/she should have done their homework by now.

To be honest, I don't think webservers, mailservers, routers, and
firewalls are going to be the problem.  The problem may be when everyone
comes into work monday morning, turns on their PC, and discovers they
have been hit by the "Trojan du-jour".  That, and all the script kiddies
who will be out in force that night.

Lance Spitzner
http://www.enteract.com/~lspitz/papers.html