Re:NIST was 5 μs off UTC after last week's power cut
by eddyg on Monday December 22, 2025 @02:27PM
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Be aware that there are members of the NTP pool with less-than-honorable intentions and you don't get to pick-and-choose. Yes, they all should provide the time, but they also get your IP address.
For example: unlike the IPv4 space, the IPv6 space is too big too scan, so a number of "researchers" (if you want to call them that) put v6-capable NTP servers in the NTP pool to gather information about active v6 blocks to scan/target.
Re:NIST was 5 μs off UTC after last week's power cut
by edoceo on Monday December 22, 2025 @03:03PM
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Is this one of those extraordinary claims that requires evidence? Or is it generally true that there are homey-pots in many of these services (NTP, mirrors, etc)
For example: unlike the IPv4 space, the IPv6 space is too big too scan, so a number of "researchers" (if you want to call them that) put v6-capable NTP servers in the NTP pool to gather information about active v6 blocks to scan/target.