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Re: Recent NTP pool traffic increase


From: "Gary E. Miller" <gem () rellim com>
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2016 17:26:23 -0800

Yo Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu!

On Tue, 20 Dec 2016 20:20:48 -0500
Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:

On Tue, 20 Dec 2016 18:11:11 -0500, Peter Beckman said:
Mostly out of curiosity, what was the reason for the change in the
Snapchat code, and what plans does Snap have for whatever reason
the NTP change was put in place?  

From other comments in the thread, it sounds like the app was simply
linked against a broken version of a library....

But why is a chat app doing NTP at all?  it should rely on the OS, or
a specialized app, to keep local time accurate.

RGDS
GARY
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