[Info-vax] 2010 date issues

[Bob Gezelter]

On Jan 11, 6:48 am, JHJR <daniel.hor... at ssaglobal.com> wrote:
> All,
>
> Just a heads up. I haven't seen anything here on this issue yet:
>
> --2010 Date Recognition Problems
>
> (January 5, 2010)
>
> German payment cards are not the only technology to be hit with
> problems recognizing dates in the new year. (See story below.)
> Smartphone users running Windows Mobile are getting text messages
> dated 2016.  Symantec's Endpoint Protection manager is labeling
> signatures dated in the new year as being out-of-date; until the
> problem is addressed in an update, new malware signatures will be
> dated 12/31/2009 with increased revision numbers.  Other vendors
> affected include Cisco, SpamAssassin.
>
> ISC:
>
> http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=7870
>
> http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=7873
>
> http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/The-year-2010-is-causing-I...
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/05/symantec_y2k10_bug/
>
> Regards,
> Dan

Dan,

The 2016 instead of 2010 would seem to have all the indicia consistent
with a constant having been entered in hexadecimal rather than
decimal. This would take little more than a typographical error in C/C+
+.

There were several items along this line noted in comp.risks from
several contributors, including myself. The RISKS www site is at
http://www.risks.org

- Bob Gezelter, http://www.rlgsc.com