[time-nuts] D-Links NTP server vandalism

[Magnus Danielson]

From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk at phk.freebsd.dk>
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] D-Links NTP server vandalism
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2006 15:17:47 +0200
Message-ID: <25079.1144415867 at critter.freebsd.dk>

Hi Poul-Henning!

It's a mess alright... :P

> In message <4436658B.30801 at erols.com>, Chuck Harris writes:
> 
> >Submit your letter to http://slashdot.org.  It is a board that is populated
> >by millions of uber geeks, probably including most of D-Link's programming
> >staff.
> 
> I know slash-dot :-)

You don't say? ;o)

> Two or three people have already told me that they submitted the
> story...
> 
> >Do *NOT* submit a link to your website, unless you want to see
> >your server turn to
> >rubble.  It takes more than a T3 link just to handle the quick visits that
> >this group makes to links.  Their influence to servers is so extreme that it
> >has caused the coining of the phrase "slashdot effect".
> 
> The FreeBSD server in question has more bandwidth than that, last
> I heard it was pretty much on a GigE that had several Gig's of
> bandwidth backing it.  We've taken several slash-dottings in
> the past with no trouble.
> 
> (Yes, FreeBSD _is_ a good server OS :-)

Hohoum, why do I have the distinct feeling you are slightly biased?

> -- 
> Poul-Henning Kamp       | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20
> phk at FreeBSD.ORG         | TCP/IP since RFC 956
> FreeBSD committer       | BSD since 4.3-tahoe    

Hohoum... :-D

Cheers,
Magnus