[SC-L] 2010 bug hits millions of Germans | World news | The Guardian

[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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