Re: 16 days and counting

[Dean Anderson <dean () av8 com>]

Most customers (us at least) were mailed a notification months ago.

Actually, I found the equipment list quite useful for my own use. ;-)

                --Dean

At 12:42 AM 12/15/1999 -0500, Jim Mercer supposedly said:
> geez, nothing like cutting it to the wire.
>
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> ----- Forwarded message from UUNET Canadian Support <support () uunet ca> -----
>
> Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 20:18:26 -0500
> From: UUNET Canadian Support <support () uunet ca>
> To: announce () uunet ca
> Subject: UUNET Year 2000 Customer Premise Equipment Information Notification
>
> Dear Valued Customer:
>
> UUNET Year 2000 Customer Premise Equipment Information Notification
>
> UUNET is currently engaged in a project to evaluate its readiness for Year
> 2000.   The UUNET Year 2000 Program Office manages program activities that
> encompass the customer global network and value-added services as well as
> internal systems.  
>
> UUNET is taking this opportunity to communicate with its customers
> concerning their joint responsibilities for evaluating whether the
> Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) used in conjunction with UUNET services
> is Y2K compliant. This equipment includes routers, CSU/DSU's, firewalls,
> servers and desktops.   
>
> Although UUNET does not make any claim or warranty as to the Year 2000
> compliance of this third-party equipment, we are providing you with the
> sources of vendor compliance information in the web so that you can
> evaluate the CPE's Year 2000 status.  We encourage you to contact the
> manufacturers of your CPE for information on their Year 2000 programs and
> the Year 2000 readiness of this equipment. 
>
> The table on the next pages shows the type of equipment, the manufacturer
> and the URL through which you may be able to obtain more information. This
> list includes CPE that UUNET currently ships and supports.  You may own
> other equipment that was not supplied by UUNET or that is not currently
> shipped and supported by UUNET.
>
> We hope that you will use this information to examine your CPE, assess its
> Year 2000 readiness, and upgrade any equipment that may require such
> action.  Should you have questions concerning  CPE, please call UUNET at
> 1-888 886 3865.
>
> If you have questions concerning UUNET's Year 2000 Program, we hope you
> will read our Year 2000 information at :
> http://www.wcom.com/about_the_company/year_2000_compliance/uunet_y2k/index.phtml.
> Direct inquiries to the Year 2000 Program Office can be made to
> year2000 () uu net.  
>
> The information provided by UUNET in this letter constitutes a year 2000
> readiness disclosure under the Year 2000 Information and Readiness
> Disclosure Act (October 19, 1998, 105 U.S. Public Law 271, 112 Stat.
> 2386).  This Year 2000 readiness disclosure includes a republication of
> Year 2000 statements originally made by the third party manufacturers of
> the equipment listed below.  UUNET is not the source of these republished
> statements, which have been supplied by another entity, which are based on
> information UUNET has not verified.  Accordingly, UUNET is not responsible
> for the republished information's accuracy, completeness, or currency.  
>
> "UUNET" as used herein and the references to various networks, services,
> and systems, refers only to UUNET and its networks, services, and systems,
> and should not be construed as applying to MCI WORLDCOM Inc. ("MCI
> WorldCom") in general or to any other WorldCom or MCI companies or their
> networks, services, or systems.
>
> We look forward to servicing you well into the new millenium!
>
> Sincerely, 
> Andrew Ordin 
> Y2K Project Coordinator
>
> Category       Manufacturer and                URL to Obtain Vendor's
>               Model Number                    Recommendations
>
> Router         Cisco 2501, 2514                www.cisco.com
>
>               Cisco 2524                      www.cisco.com
>
>               Cisco 2610                      www.cisco.com
>
>               Cisco 3640                      www.cisco.com
>
>               Cisco 4500,4700                 www.cisco.com
>
>               Cisco 7200 series               www.cisco.com
>
>               OpenROUTE GTX1000               www.openroute.com
>
>               Xedia AP 45                     www.xedia.com
>
>               Xedia AP ATM                    www.xedia.com
>
>               Xedia AP T1/E1                  www.xedia.com
>
>               Ascend Pipeline 130             www.ascend.com
>
>               Intel Express 8100              www.intel.com
>
>
> CSU/DSU                Kentrox D-SERV 56k and T1
>               (78220, 78282 and 78222)        www.adc.com
>
>               Kentrox DataSmart D-SERV        www.adc.com
>
>               Verilink HDM2182 in the
>               AS2000 CSU/DSU                  www.verilink.com
>
>               Larscom Access T45              www.larscom.com
>
>               Digital Link DL3100             www.dl.com
>
>               Cisco POET serial port 
>               adaptor (1 &2 port)             www.cisco.com
>
>
> Firewall 
> Software       Checkpoint Firewall-1           www.checkpoint.com
>
>               Checkpoint SecuRemote           www.checkpoint.com
>
>               Axent Raptor Firewall           www.axent.com
>
>               Axent Raptor Mobile             www.axent.com
>
>               Gauntlet Firewall               www.nai.com
>
>               Ascend SecureConnect Firewall (SCF)
>               3.0 (in Ascend Pipeline products)       
>                                               www.ascend.com
>
>
> Firewall
> Platforms      Sun Ultra or Sparc              www.sun.com
>
>               Patriot Black Box - 
>               Pentium II PC                   www.patriot.com
>
>               Ascend Pipeline 85, Pipeline 75 www.ascend.com
>
>
> Firewall
> Operating
> Systems                Sun Solaris                     www.sun.com
>
>               Microsoft NT                    www.microsoft.com
>
>               BSD                             www.bsdi.com
>
>
> Dial
> Access         Ascend Pipeline 85, Pipeline 75 www.ascend.com
>
>               Adtran ISU128                   www.adtran.com
>
>               3COM Impact IQ Terminal Adaptor www.3com.com
>
>               3COM 56K Voice Fax modem Pro    www.3com.com
>
>               Cisco 1005                      www.cisco.com
>
>               Cisco 804                       www.cisco.com
>
>               Cisco 1604 (ISDN/T1)            www.cisco.com
>
>               Bay Instant Internet 100
>                                               www.nortelnetworks.com
>
>               Hayes Accura 56K external
>               data fax modem                  www.hayes.com
>
>               US Robotics FX-BRI-U            www.3com.com
>
>               Whistle IJ100, IJ140            www.whistle.com
>
>
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> UUNET Canadian Technical Support  /  Support Technique Canadien
> support () uunet ca                  /  soutien () uunet ca
> Phone:    (888) 886 3865   fax:  (416) 368-5473
> ----- End forwarded message -----
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