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Re: Open Letter to D-Link about their NTP vandalism
From: "Stephen Sprunk" <stephen () sprunk org>
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 13:32:26 -0500
Thus spake "Alexei Roudnev" <alex () relcom net>
Hmm, if some idiot wrote my NTP IP into his hardware, I just stop to monitor my NTP and make sure that it have few hours of error in time. No one require me to CLAIM that I set up wrong time, BUT no one can require me to maintain correct time just because some idiots use my server.
What most people participating in this subthread seem to be missing is that if one did decide to send (or accidentally sent) false time to these D-Link devices, NOBODY WOULD EVER KNOW OR CARE. Doing so does not solve any problems, so whatever the legal risk of acting is, no matter how small, it's not worth it.
On the plus side, after seeing D-Link's (lack of) reaction to this, I'll bet none of us will buy another of their products again.
S Stephen Sprunk "Stupid people surround themselves with smart CCIE #3723 people. Smart people surround themselves withK5SSS smart people who disagree with them." --Aaron Sorkin
Current thread:
- Re: Open Letter to D-Link about their NTP vandalism, (continued)
- Re: Open Letter to D-Link about their NTP vandalism John Underhill (Apr 11)
- Re: Open Letter to D-Link about their NTP vandalism Steve Sobol (Apr 12)
- Re: Open Letter to D-Link about their NTP vandalism Chris Kuethe (Apr 12)
- Re: Open Letter to D-Link about their NTP vandalism goemon (Apr 12)
- Re: Open Letter to D-Link about their NTP vandalism John Dupuy (Apr 11)
- Re: Open Letter to D-Link about their NTP vandalism Alexei Roudnev (Apr 11)
- Re: Open Letter to D-Link about their NTP vandalism Eric Pancer (Apr 11)
- Re: Open Letter to D-Link about their NTP vandalism Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law (Apr 11)
- Re: Open Letter to D-Link about their NTP vandalism Alexei Roudnev (Apr 12)
- Re: Open Letter to D-Link about their NTP vandalism tony sarendal (Apr 12)
- Re: Open Letter to D-Link about their NTP vandalism Stephen Sprunk (Apr 12)
- Re: Open Letter to D-Link about their NTP vandalism Richard A Steenbergen (Apr 12)
- Re: Open Letter to D-Link about their NTP vandalism Alain Hebert (Apr 12)
- Re: Open Letter to D-Link about their NTP vandalism Steve Sobol (Apr 12)
- Re: Open Letter to D-Link about their NTP vandalism Alain Hebert (Apr 13)
- Re: Open Letter to D-Link about their NTP vandalism Steve Sobol (Apr 13)
- Re: Open Letter to D-Link about their NTP vandalism Edward B. DREGER (Apr 14)
- Re: Open Letter to D-Link about their NTP vandalism Stephen Sprunk (Apr 13)
- Re: Open Letter to D-Link about their NTP vandalism Michael . Dillon (Apr 13)
- Re: Open Letter to D-Link about their NTP vandalism Niels Bakker (Apr 11)