On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 9:44 AM, Nick Bender <nben...@gmail.com> wrote: > NTP (from wikipedia): > > Implementations should disambiguate NTP time using a knowledge > of the approximate time from other sources. Since NTP only works > with the differences between timestamps and never their absolute > values, the wraparound is invisible as long as the timestamps are > within 68 years of each other.
So, we just need to worry about upgrading an OpenBSD 1.0 box to OpenBSD 15, and have ntp screw up, 50 years from now? I have to wonder if OpenBSD 15 will still run on 386, Alpha and m68k -- http://www.glumbert.com/media/shift http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGvHNNOLnCk "This officer's men seem to follow him merely out of idle curiosity." -- Sandhurst officer cadet evaluation. "Securing an environment of Windows platforms from abuse - external or internal - is akin to trying to install sprinklers in a fireworks factory where smoking on the job is permitted." -- Gene Spafford learn french: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30v_g83VHK4
