Re: Famous operational issues

[Mark Andrews <marka () isc org>]

> On 17 Feb 2021, at 09:51, Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com> wrote:
>
>
> Biggest internet operational SUCCESS
>
> 1. Secure Shell (SSH) replaced TELNET. Nearly eliminated an entire class of security problems on the Internet.  But 
> then HTTP took over everything, so a good news/bad news.
>
> 2. Internet worms massively reduced by changed default configurations and default firewalls (Windows XP proved 
> defaults could be changed). Still need to work on DDOS amplification.
>
> 3. Head of Line blocking in IX switches (although I miss Stephen Stuart saying "I'm Sorry" at every NANOG for a 
> decade). Was a huge problem, which is a non-problem now.
>
> 4. Classless Inter-Domain Routing and BGP4 changed how Internet routing worked across the entire backbone, and it 
> worked!  Vince Fuller et al rebuilt the aircraft in flight, without crashing.
>
> 5. Y2K was a huge suggess because a lot of people fixed things ahead time, and almost nothing crashed (other than the 
> National Security Agency's internal systems :-).  I'll be retired before Y2038, so that's someone else's problem.

Lets hope you aren’t depending on a piece of medical equipment with a Y2038 issue to keep you alive.

Y2038 is everybody's problem!

Mark
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