RE: Re: Internet Going Down For Maintenance

["Todd Towles" <toddtowles () brookshires com>]

So we are all going to failover to Internet2, right? lol  Sweet, no spam..lol

> -----Original Message-----
> From: full-disclosure-bounces () lists grok org uk 
> [mailto:full-disclosure-bounces () lists grok org uk] On Behalf 
> Of Paul Kurczaba
> Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 3:48 PM
> To: Jason Weisberger
> Cc: full-disclosure () lists grok org uk
> Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Re: Internet Going Down For Maintenance
>
> Wait... Its not? :)
>
> Jason Weisberger wrote:
> > LOL.  I'd love or someone to buy this one.  As if the 
> Internet is in 
> > one central location.
> >
> >
> > On Fri,  1 Apr 2005 08:51:26 -0800, bart2k () hushmail com wrote:
> >
> > > 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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