[Full-disclosure] alert: the 111111 bug

[Paul Schmehl]

--On July 4, 2005 12:03:02 AM +0100 lsi <stuart at cyberdelix.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 (pauls at utdallas.edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
University of Texas at Dallas
AVIEN Founding Member
http://www.utdallas.edu/