Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 12:36:48 -0800 From: Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu> To: "Hogan, Thomas E" <tehogan@ingr.com> Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Y2K compliance of FreeBSD version 2.1.0 Message-ID: <19990304123648.B27482@wopr.caltech.edu> In-Reply-To: <7D1F1CEAECA8D2118013080009B02534AD6AC7@HQ1>; from Hogan, Thomas E on Thu, Mar 04, 1999 at 10:51:44AM -0600 References: <7D1F1CEAECA8D2118013080009B02534AD6AC7@HQ1>
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On Thu, Mar 04, 1999 at 10:51:44AM -0600, Hogan, Thomas E wrote: > I am working on a Y2K survey for CNN. We have found some systems that are > running FreeBSD version 2.1.0. > > Is this version Y2K compliant? If not, what is the recommended upgrade? The official Y2K statement is at: http://www.freebsd.org/y2kbug.html Unofficially, I'm sure there are minor Y2K bugs in 2.1.0 (it's really quite old) and there are certainly security issues for such an old version that ought to be a greater concern if the machines in question are connected to the Internet or otherwise accessible by bad guys. -- Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu> * Science rules. http://www.pobox.com/~mph/ * To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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