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RFC 2626, "The Internet and the Millennium Problem (Year 2000)", June 1999

Source of RFC: 2000 (ops)

Errata ID: 2753
Status: Verified
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT

Reported By: Mykyta Yevstifeyev
Date Reported: 2011-03-25
Verifier Name: Ron Bonica
Date Verified: 2011-03-26

Section 3.6 says:

3.6 "Network News"


   There does exist a problem in both NNTP, RFC 977, and the Usenet News
   Message Format, RFC 10336.  They both specify two-digit year format.
   A working group has been formed to update the network news protocols
   in general, and addressing this problem is on their list of work
   items.

It should say:

3.6 "Network News"


   There does exist a problem in both NNTP, RFC 977, and the Usenet News
   Message Format, RFC 1036.  They both specify two-digit year format.
   A working group has been formed to update the network news protocols
   in general, and addressing this problem is on their list of work
   items.

Notes:

s/RFC 10336/RFC 1036

Status: Held for Document Update (2)

RFC 2626, "The Internet and the Millennium Problem (Year 2000)", June 1999

Source of RFC: 2000 (ops)

Errata ID: 2754
Status: Held for Document Update
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT

Reported By: Mykyta Yevstifeyev
Date Reported: 2011-03-25
Held for Document Update by: Ron Bonica

Section 2; 5.1; 6 says:

{1 - Section 2}

[...] It should also be noted that the research was performd on RFCs 1
   through 2128.  At that time the IESG was charted with not allowing [...]


{2 - Section 5.1}

5.1 Fixed Solution

   A number of organizations and groups have suggested a fixed solution
   to the problem of two digit years.  Given a two-digit year YY, if YY
   is greater than or equal to 50, the year shall be interpreted as
   19YY; and where YY is less than 50, the year shall be intrepreted as
   20YY.


{3 - Section 6}

6. Methodology

   The first task was dividing the types of RFC's into logical groups
   rather than the strict numeric publishing order.  Sixteen specific
   areas were identified.  They are: "Autoconfiguration" , "Directory
   Services", "Disk Sharing", "Games and Chat" ,"Information Services &
   File Transfer", "Network & Transport Layer", "Electronic Mail",
   "NTP", Name Serving", "Network Management", "News", "Real Time
   Services", "Routing", "Security", "Virtual Terminal", and "Other".
   In addition to these categories, many hundreds of RFC's were
   immediately eliminated based on content.  That is not to say that all
   Informational RFC's were not considered, many did contain some
   technical content or overview whichdemanded scrutiny.


It should say:

{1 - Section 2}

[...] It should also be noted that the research was performed on RFCs 1
   through 2128.  At that time the IESG was charted with not allowing [...]


{2 - Section 5.1}

5.1 Fixed Solution

   A number of organizations and groups have suggested a fixed solution
   to the problem of two digit years.  Given a two-digit year YY, if YY
   is greater than or equal to 50, the year shall be interpreted as
   19YY; and where YY is less than 50, the year shall be interpreted as
   20YY.


{3 - Section 6}

6. Methodology

   The first task was dividing the types of RFC's into logical groups
   rather than the strict numeric publishing order.  Sixteen specific
   areas were identified.  They are: "Autoconfiguration" , "Directory
   Services", "Disk Sharing", "Games and Chat" ,"Information Services &
   File Transfer", "Network & Transport Layer", "Electronic Mail",
   "NTP", Name Serving", "Network Management", "News", "Real Time
   Services", "Routing", "Security", "Virtual Terminal", and "Other".
   In addition to these categories, many hundreds of RFC's were
   immediately eliminated based on content.  That is not to say that all
   Informational RFC's were not considered, many did contain some
   technical content or overview which demanded scrutiny.


Notes:

{1} A typo in "performed".
{2} A typo in "interpreted".
{3} A typo in "which demanded".

Errata ID: 2755
Status: Held for Document Update
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT

Reported By: Mykyta Yevstifeyev
Date Reported: 2011-03-25
Held for Document Update by: Ron Bonica

Section 12.1; 12.2 says:

{1 - Section 12.1}

12.1 Summary

   The RFC's which were categorized into this group were the Internet
   Protocol (IP) versions four and six, the Transmission Control
   Protocol (TCP), the User Datagram Protocol (UDP), the Point-to-Point
   Protocol (PPP) and its extensions, Internet Control Message Protocol
   (ICMP), the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) and Remote Procedure
   Call (RPC) protocol.  A variety of less known protocols were also
   examined.

   After careful review of the nearly 400 RFC's in this catagory, no
   millennium or year 2000 problems were found.


{2 - Section 12.2}

   [...]

   RFC 2097 on the PPP NetBIOS Frame Control Protocol discuesses several
   timer and timeouts in Section 2.1, none of which suffers from a year
   2000 problem.

   [...]

   RFC 791 on the Internet Protocol defines a packet type 68 which is an
   Internet Timestamp, which defines a 32-bit field which contains the
   number of milliseconds since midnght UT.

It should say:

{1 - Section 12.1}

12.1 Summary

   The RFC's which were categorized into this group were the Internet
   Protocol (IP) versions four and six, the Transmission Control
   Protocol (TCP), the User Datagram Protocol (UDP), the Point-to-Point
   Protocol (PPP) and its extensions, Internet Control Message Protocol
   (ICMP), the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) and Remote Procedure
   Call (RPC) protocol.  A variety of less known protocols were also
   examined.

   After careful review of the nearly 400 RFC's in this category, no
   millennium or year 2000 problems were found.


{2 - Section 12.2}

   [...]

   RFC 2097 on the PPP NetBIOS Frame Control Protocol discusses several
   timer and timeouts in Section 2.1, none of which suffers from a year
   2000 problem.

   [...]

   RFC 791 on the Internet Protocol defines a packet type 68 which is an
   Internet Timestamp, which defines a 32-bit field which contains the
   number of milliseconds since midnight UT.

Notes:

{1} A typo in "category".
{2} 1) A typo in "discusses";
2) A typo in "midnight".

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