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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. 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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