Open Letter to D-Link about their NTP vandalism

Sat Apr 8 12:29:42 UTC 2006

Matt Ghali <matt at snark.net> writes:

> Companies behaving irresponsibly and releasing (selling!) code that
> abuses a shared public resource should not be the norm.

The addresses that are configured into shipping Apple products for NTP are:

   time.apple.com
   time.asia.apple.com
   time.euro.apple.com

Time returns 4 A records, time.euro 2, and time.asia 1.  All are on
net 17, so it's almost certain that Apple owns/runs 'em all.

Yes, there are public NTP servers out there.  Since the force
multiplier effect of a defective shipping product is likely to have
serious repercussions for the (all volunteer) owners of same, Apple's
approach ought to be held up as the gold standard of manufacturer
responsibility.

                                        ---rob