[89857] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Open Letter to D-Link about their NTP vandalism
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alain Hebert)
Tue Apr 11 02:05:02 2006
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 02:04:39 -0400
From: Alain Hebert <ahebert@pubnix.net>
Reply-To: ahebert@pubnix.net
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <g3r744u1dq.fsf@sa.vix.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
Paul Vixie wrote:
>simon@darkmere.gen.nz (Simon Lyall) writes:
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>>I've said in other forums the only solution for this sort of software is
>>to return the wrong time (by several months). The owner might actually
>>notice then and fix the problem.
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>that creates new liability, and isn't realistic in today's litigious world.
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(Suprise to read that from PV.)
It is DIX resources/equipements... they are not oblige to offer
reliable/secure/valide/etc services to anybody outside their clients.
It like saying that blacklist services like spamcop should be liable
for mail servers XYZ deleting your email.
Anyway *litigious* is kinda limited our south neighbourgh... DIX
is under a different legal system.
Good luck to DLink lawyers trying to bend reality enought the make
DLink right... and oblige DIX to offer NTP to DLink customers for free.
Now if we can get this letter into Wired...
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Alain Hebert ahebert@pubnix.net
PubNIX Inc.
P.O. Box 175 Beaconsfield, Quebec H9W 5T7
tel 514-990-5911 http://www.pubnix.net fax 514-990-9443
