[LEAPSECS] the DNS idea is old
Poul-Henning Kamp
phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Thu Apr 9 03:25:11 EDT 2015
Just setting the record straight: I was not the first person to think
of using IPv4 addresses via DNS as a leap-second communication mechanism:
http://edavies.me.uk/dns-leapseconds/
Dated 2002-04-24.
However, I do think my inclusion of a CRC-8 sum is a significant improvement.
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