[LEAPSECS] stale leap second information
Poul-Henning Kamp
phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Mon Jan 19 04:29:46 EST 2015
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In message <20150119092237.1EF7540600C at ip-64-139-1-69.sjc.megapath.net>, Hal Mu
rray writes:
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>> The CRC is there to detect when DNS replies are rewritten to point
>> everything at captive portals, as is the case on a lot of "free WIFI"
>> networks etc.
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>What do "free WIFI" portals do with TXT records?
A fair number of them seem to return "A $MYGW" for *any* DNS query.
>What do they do with NTP requests?
They generally seem to allow NTP through once you're logged in.
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