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Re: 16 days and counting

  • From: Dean Anderson
  • Date: Wed Dec 15 12:24:04 1999

Most customers (us at least) were mailed a notification months ago.

Actually, I found the equipment list quite useful for my own use. ;-)

		--Dean

At 12:42 AM 12/15/1999 -0500, Jim Mercer supposedly said:
>
>
>geez, nothing like cutting it to the wire.
>
>-- 
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>----- Forwarded message from UUNET Canadian Support <[email protected]> -----
>
>Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 20:18:26 -0500
>From: UUNET Canadian Support <[email protected]>
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: UUNET Year 2000 Customer Premise Equipment Information Notification
>
>Dear Valued Customer:
>
>UUNET Year 2000 Customer Premise Equipment Information Notification
>
>UUNET is currently engaged in a project to evaluate its readiness for Year
>2000.   The UUNET Year 2000 Program Office manages program activities that
>encompass the customer global network and value-added services as well as
>internal systems.  
>
>UUNET is taking this opportunity to communicate with its customers
>concerning their joint responsibilities for evaluating whether the
>Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) used in conjunction with UUNET services
>is Y2K compliant. This equipment includes routers, CSU/DSU's, firewalls,
>servers and desktops.   
>
>Although UUNET does not make any claim or warranty as to the Year 2000
>compliance of this third-party equipment, we are providing you with the
>sources of vendor compliance information in the web so that you can
>evaluate the CPE's Year 2000 status.  We encourage you to contact the
>manufacturers of your CPE for information on their Year 2000 programs and
>the Year 2000 readiness of this equipment. 
>
>The table on the next pages shows the type of equipment, the manufacturer
>and the URL through which you may be able to obtain more information. This
>list includes CPE that UUNET currently ships and supports.  You may own
>other equipment that was not supplied by UUNET or that is not currently
>shipped and supported by UUNET.
>
>We hope that you will use this information to examine your CPE, assess its
>Year 2000 readiness, and upgrade any equipment that may require such
>action.  Should you have questions concerning  CPE, please call UUNET at
>1-888 886 3865.
>
>If you have questions concerning UUNET's Year 2000 Program, we hope you
>will read our Year 2000 information at :
>http://www.wcom.com/about_the_company/year_2000_compliance/uunet_y2k/index.phtml.
>Direct inquiries to the Year 2000 Program Office can be made to
>[email protected]  
>
>The information provided by UUNET in this letter constitutes a year 2000
>readiness disclosure under the Year 2000 Information and Readiness
>Disclosure Act (October 19, 1998, 105 U.S. Public Law 271, 112 Stat.
>2386).  This Year 2000 readiness disclosure includes a republication of
>Year 2000 statements originally made by the third party manufacturers of
>the equipment listed below.  UUNET is not the source of these republished
>statements, which have been supplied by another entity, which are based on
>information UUNET has not verified.  Accordingly, UUNET is not responsible
>for the republished information's accuracy, completeness, or currency.  
>
>"UUNET" as used herein and the references to various networks, services,
>and systems, refers only to UUNET and its networks, services, and systems,
>and should not be construed as applying to MCI WORLDCOM Inc. ("MCI
>WorldCom") in general or to any other WorldCom or MCI companies or their
>networks, services, or systems.
>
>We look forward to servicing you well into the new millenium!
>
>Sincerely, 
>Andrew Ordin 
>Y2K Project Coordinator
>
>Category	Manufacturer and		URL to Obtain Vendor's
>		Model Number			Recommendations
>
>Router		Cisco 2501, 2514		www.cisco.com
>
>		Cisco 2524			www.cisco.com
>
>		Cisco 2610			www.cisco.com
>
>		Cisco 3640			www.cisco.com
>
>		Cisco 4500,4700			www.cisco.com
>
>		Cisco 7200 series		www.cisco.com
>
>		OpenROUTE GTX1000		www.openroute.com
>
>		Xedia AP 45			www.xedia.com
>
>		Xedia AP ATM			www.xedia.com
>
>		Xedia AP T1/E1			www.xedia.com
>
>		Ascend Pipeline 130		www.ascend.com
>
>		Intel Express 8100		www.intel.com
>
>
>CSU/DSU		Kentrox D-SERV 56k and T1
>		(78220, 78282 and 78222)	www.adc.com
>
>		Kentrox DataSmart D-SERV	www.adc.com
>
>		Verilink HDM2182 in the
>		AS2000 CSU/DSU			www.verilink.com
>
>		Larscom Access T45		www.larscom.com
>
>		Digital Link DL3100		www.dl.com
>
>		Cisco POET serial port 
>		adaptor (1 &2 port)		www.cisco.com
>
>
>Firewall 
>Software	Checkpoint Firewall-1		www.checkpoint.com
>
>		Checkpoint SecuRemote 		www.checkpoint.com
>
>		Axent Raptor Firewall		www.axent.com
>
>		Axent Raptor Mobile		www.axent.com
>
>		Gauntlet Firewall		www.nai.com
>
>		Ascend SecureConnect Firewall (SCF)
>		3.0 (in Ascend Pipeline products)	
>						www.ascend.com
>
>
>Firewall
>Platforms	Sun Ultra or Sparc 		www.sun.com
>
>		Patriot Black Box - 
>		Pentium II PC 			www.patriot.com
>
>		Ascend Pipeline 85, Pipeline 75	www.ascend.com
>
>
>Firewall
>Operating
>Systems		Sun Solaris			www.sun.com
>
>		Microsoft NT			www.microsoft.com
>
>		BSD				www.bsdi.com
>
>
>Dial
>Access		Ascend Pipeline 85, Pipeline 75	www.ascend.com
>
>		Adtran ISU128 			www.adtran.com
>
>		3COM Impact IQ Terminal Adaptor	www.3com.com
>
>		3COM 56K Voice Fax modem Pro	www.3com.com
>
>		Cisco 1005			www.cisco.com
>
>		Cisco 804			www.cisco.com
>
>		Cisco 1604 (ISDN/T1)		www.cisco.com
>
>		Bay Instant Internet 100
>						www.nortelnetworks.com
>
>		Hayes Accura 56K external
>		data fax modem			www.hayes.com
>
>		US Robotics FX-BRI-U		www.3com.com
>
>		Whistle IJ100, IJ140		www.whistle.com
>
>
>-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>UUNET Canadian Technical Support  /  Support Technique Canadien
>[email protected]                  /  [email protected]
>Phone:    (888) 886 3865   fax:  (416) 368-5473
>----- End forwarded message -----
>
>
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