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D-Link Settles Danish Time Dispute

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the cash-out-your-chips-now dept.

igb writes "The Register reports that DLink has settled the time server dispute described a little over a month ago here on Slashdot. They're going to stop using an NTP server they're not really authorized to chime with, and they've reached an amicable settlement over the use by existing products. The details of the settlement are, not unsurprisingly, somewhat vague, but let's hope that the good guys aren't out of pocket any more."

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  1. Netgear did the same thing a few years ago by dananderson · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Netgear did the same thing with the University of Wisconsin Internet NTP's servers.

    It's strange these companies can't afford to set up a few of their own NTP servers instead of overloading servers that don't have the bandwidth. It it's because they are clueless or they are cheap?

  2. Not Vague At All by TubeSteak · · Score: 4, Insightful
    ... D-Link's existing products will have authorized access to Mr. Kamp's server, but all new D-Link products will not use the GPS.Dix.dk NTP time server. D-Link is dedicated to remaining a good corporate and network citizen.
    Allow me to translate: He got paid.

    Part of the settlement involves him putting on his website "D-Link is dedicated to remaining a good corporate and network citizen."

    Otherwise, considering his previous level of frustration, there's no chance he would shill for them like that.
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  3. Re:Public? Server by freshman_a · · Score: 5, Insightful

    His NTP server access policy explicitly limited use of said server to the Danish Internet Exchange (DIX). In return, DIX provided him with a free internet connection for his NTP server. Because D-Link was sucking so much bandwidth, DIX told Kamp he would have to pay yearly for the connection. D-Link disregarded his server policy and abused his server. That's why it's a problem.

    Also, his server is a Stratum 1, and, while not explicitly written, the D-Link devices should getting the time via a Stratum 2 server. At least, that's how it's commonly done.

    Does that help explain things better?

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  4. This should have been solved with a check. by CFD339 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Someone at D-Link should simply have realized the mistake and paid for a few very fast servers to sit at a hosting facillity and respond to the requests -- and all the requests already using that service -- for as long as the Danes were willing to point the DNS entry for that server to them.

    In the scheme of things, and from a marketing perspective, anything else is stupid and a waste of good will.

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  5. Re:Public? Server by plague3106 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Taping a note to your front door that reads 'only enter if you live here' doesn't accomplish a lot if you leave the door open all the time.

    Please, stop with stupid analogies. They are never helpful. You can leave your door open all the time, that doesn't give anyone the right to go in! In Vermont, thats criminal trespass, and the fine is much larger than the other forms of trespass defined in the act.