[LEAPSECS] Leap Sec vs Y2K

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <1292020824.24370.43.camel at localhost>, Paul Sheer writes:


>> Pray tell what authority you have for this pronouncement ?

>

>I am totally confused where you got this idea that most of the worlds

>servers tick over in sync, [...]


Ahh, this "misconception" is probably based on the fact that you
never have heard about the "NTP" project ?


>Finally, because NTP can easily be spoofed, many admins explicitly

>DISABLE it fearing the consequence of one's server time suddenly reading

>1970-01-01 or something wierd. 


Ohh, so you have heard of NTP, but have zero clue about how to
configure it correctly ?

Makes sense...

I pity your customers.

Poul-Henning

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