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Message-ID: <468D39B6.9060003@anagramm.de>
Date:	Thu, 05 Jul 2007 20:34:30 +0200
From:	Clemens Koller <clemens.koller@...gramm.de>
To:	Chris Friesen <cfriesen@...tel.com>
CC:	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>, Uli Luckas <u.luckas@...d.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.21.5 june 30th to july 1st date hang?

Chris Friesen schrieb:
> However, in order to trigger the problem you also need to have NTP 
> servers that were erroneously broadcasting the addition of a leap second.

No matter what NTP servers send, it shouldn't result in a DoS.

> So most people didn't see the issue because there wasn't supposed to be 
> a leap second added this year...but they would have seen it the next 
> time a leap second was added.

True. It seems like we will have another one next year.

Regards,
-- 
Clemens Koller
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