2010 bug hits millions of Germans | World news | The Guardian

[stephencraig.evans at gmail.com (Stephen Craig Evans)]

Hi Ken,

Looks like there's another one:

Symantec Y2K10 Date Stamp Bug Hits Endpoint Protection Manager
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Symantec-Y2K10-Date-Stamp-Bug-Hits-Endpoint-Protection-Manager-472518/?kc=EWKNLSTE01072010STR1

I am VERY curious to learn how these happened... Only using the last
digit of the year? Hard for me to believe. Maybe it's in a single API
and somebody tried to be too clever with some bit-shifting.

Stephen

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On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 8:45 AM, Kenneth Van Wyk <ken at krvw.com> wrote:
> FYI, below is a link to an article with some additional impact details of the "2010 bug" that's been cropping up in 
> various places. ?Still no light being shed on the actual programming error, though. ?I think it would make a 
> fascinating case study, or at least discussion, here.
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> http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/06/2010-bug-millions-germans
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> Cheers,
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> Ken
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