[89836] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Open Letter to D-Link about their NTP vandalism
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert E.Seastrom)
Sat Apr 8 08:30:13 2006
To: Matt Ghali <matt@snark.net>
Cc: Kevin Day <toasty@dragondata.com>,
Richard A Steenbergen <ras@e-gerbil.net>, nanog@merit.edu
From: Robert E.Seastrom <rs@seastrom.com>
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2006 08:29:42 -0400
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.61.0604071819580.8179@pants.snark.net> (Matt
Ghali's message of "Fri, 7 Apr 2006 18:26:26 -0700 (PDT)")
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
Matt Ghali <matt@snark.net> writes:
> Companies behaving irresponsibly and releasing (selling!) code that
> abuses a shared public resource should not be the norm.
The addresses that are configured into shipping Apple products for NTP are:
time.apple.com
time.asia.apple.com
time.euro.apple.com
Time returns 4 A records, time.euro 2, and time.asia 1. All are on
net 17, so it's almost certain that Apple owns/runs 'em all.
Yes, there are public NTP servers out there. Since the force
multiplier effect of a defective shipping product is likely to have
serious repercussions for the (all volunteer) owners of same, Apple's
approach ought to be held up as the gold standard of manufacturer
responsibility.
---rob
