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significant work to audit the source tree for <strong>Y2K</strong> |
significant work to audit the source tree for <strong>Y2K</strong> |
flaws. When found, these were fixed before the 2.3 release shipped. |
flaws. When found, these were fixed before the 2.3 release shipped. |
We feel that we were pretty thorough -- we even found problems in the |
We feel that we were pretty thorough -- we even found problems in the |
dating of nroff-generated manpages. |
dating of nroff-generated manpages. Releases were carefully handled |
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to avoid introducing new flaws. |
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A few extremely minor flaws were fixed in the 2.4 and 2.5 releases, |
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but all of these were problems without impact. Most of these issues |
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related to programs that still printed dates in 2 digit form -- though |
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they would have correctly printed the year as 00 and not 100. Not a |
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serious issue in our mind when considering that there are other |
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programs in the system which are required (by existing standards) to |
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print dates in such form. |
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We recommend that paranoid people update to our latest release (which |
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should already be obvious considering our continual improvements to |
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security). |
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A non-comprehensive list of the problems we solved can be gleaned from |
A non-comprehensive list of the problems we solved can be gleaned from |
our Changelogs (available on the 2.3 CD in <strong>CD2:/Changelogs/</strong>) |
our Changelogs (available on each CD in <strong>CD2:/Changelogs/</strong>) |
or in web-based our <a href=plus.html>abbreviated daily log</a>. |
or in web-based our <a href=plus.html>abbreviated daily log</a>. |
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At this time, we do not know of any Y2K flaws. If anyone becomes aware |
At this time, we do not know of any Y2K flaws. If anyone becomes aware |
of a flaw which we missed, please inform our developers so that it can |
of a flaw which we missed, please inform our developers so that it can |
be fixed. |
be fixed. |
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