[193130] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Recent NTP pool traffic increase
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jad Boutros via NANOG)
Tue Dec 20 21:21:28 2016
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Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2016 18:21:23 -0800
To: Tim Raphael <raphael.timothy@gmail.com>
From: Jad Boutros via NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
Reply-To: Jad Boutros <jad@snap.com>
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The Snapchat mobile app does not currently have a need to talk with NTP
servers, it was an error. Also, this afternoon we spun off NTP server
instances in Australia and South America to help with the load.
Thanks,
Jad
On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 5:34 PM, Tim Raphael <raphael.timothy@gmail.com>
wrote:
> This was my thought actually, Apple does offer some time services as part
> of the OS but it=E2=80=99s becoming common with larger / more popular app=
s to
> provide some of these services internally.
> Look at the FB app for example, there are a lot of =E2=80=9Csystem=E2=80=
=9D things they do
> themselves due to the ability to control specifics. Users don=E2=80=99t w=
ant to
> have to install a second =E2=80=9Cspecialised app=E2=80=9D for this eithe=
r.
>
> With regard to an ephemeral chat app requiring time sync, I can think of
> quite a few use cases and mechanisms in the app that might require time
> services.
>
> - Tim
>
>
> > On 21 Dec. 2016, at 9:26 am, Gary E. Miller <gem@rellim.com> wrote:
> >
> > 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
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> ---------------
> > Gary E. Miller Rellim 109 NW Wilmington Ave., Suite E, Bend, OR 97703
> > gem@rellim.com Tel:+1 541 382 8588
>
>
