Re: Internet Going Down For Maintenance

[<bart2k () hushmail com>]

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 () sbcglobal 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 Techenspüf "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.
> >
> > Techenspüf 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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