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Re: [Full-disclosure] alert: the 111111 bug

From: Paul Schmehl (paulsutdallas.edu)
Date: Sun Jul 03 2005 - 22:18:02 CDT


--On July 4, 2005 12:03:02 AM +0100 lsi <stuartcyberdelix.net> wrote:
>
> For this customer 11/11/11 in the date field means, don't process
> this record, which will obviously cause problems with legitimate
> transactions on that date.
>
> I suspect using a new field to flag a state, instead of "special"
> data, would have been more appropriate.
>
Not to worry. The 11th of November, 2011 is a Saturday. No one will be
working that day. :-)

Paul Schmehl (paulsutdallas.edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
University of Texas at Dallas
AVIEN Founding Member
http://www.utdallas.edu/
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