Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

D-Link Firmware Abuses Open NTP Servers

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the frustration-in-a-box dept.

DES writes "FreeBSD developer and NTP buff Poul-Henning Kamp runs a stratum-1 NTP server specifically for the benefit of networks directly connected to the Danish Internet Exchange (DIX). Some time last fall, however, D-Link started including his server in a hardcoded list in their router firmware. Poul-Henning now estimates that between 75% and 90% of NTP traffic at his server originates from D-Link gear. After five months of fruitless negotiation with a D-Link lawyer (who alternately tried to threaten and bribe him), he has written an open letter to D-Link, hoping the resulting publicity will force D-Link to acknowledge the issue. There are obvious parallels to a previous story, though Netgear behaved far more responsibly at the time than D-Link seem to be."

2 of 567 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Fishy by McGiraf · · Score: 0, Troll

    I don't understand your problem, if you do not understand the first time just read twice...

  2. Re:He's not just any guy. by Homestar+Breadmaker · · Score: 0, Troll

    Arguably the least competant, most idiotic, and most destructive and detrimental FreeBSD developer too.