> On 17 Feb 2021, at 09:51, Sean Donelan <s...@donelan.com> wrote:
>
>
> Biggest internet operational SUCCESS
>
> 1. Secure Shell (SSH) replaced TELNET. Nearly eliminated an entire class of
> security problems on the Internet. But then HTTP took over everything, so a
> good news/bad news.
>
> 2. Internet worms massively reduced by changed default configurations and
> default firewalls (Windows XP proved defaults could be changed). Still need
> to work on DDOS amplification.
>
> 3. Head of Line blocking in IX switches (although I miss Stephen Stuart
> saying "I'm Sorry" at every NANOG for a decade). Was a huge problem, which is
> a non-problem now.
>
> 4. Classless Inter-Domain Routing and BGP4 changed how Internet routing
> worked across the entire backbone, and it worked! Vince Fuller et al rebuilt
> the aircraft in flight, without crashing.
>
> 5. Y2K was a huge suggess because a lot of people fixed things ahead time,
> and almost nothing crashed (other than the National Security Agency's
> internal systems :-). I'll be retired before Y2038, so that's someone else's
> problem.
Lets hope you aren’t depending on a piece of medical equipment with a Y2038
issue to keep you alive.
Y2038 is everybody's problem!
Mark
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