[LEAPSECS] the DNS idea is old

[Steffen Nurpmeso]

"Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk at phk.freebsd.dk> wrote:
 |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.

Also class E seems a better choice than the loopback device.
(That much must be allowed.)

--steffen