[ntp:questions] ntp survey

Tim Shoppa shoppa at trailing-edge.com
Wed Dec 31 15:21:06 UTC 2008


On Dec 31, 12:13 am, Unruh <unruh-s... at physics.ubc.ca> wrote:
> Well, the ntp survey is a "port scan " (one port, but getting no trivial
> information from it). Any law would have a hard time differentiating
> between the "port scanning that is not yours" and the ntp survey.

I understand the NTP survey process very well.

I don't see it as any different than following a hyperlink on a web
page that leads to another web server. Well, the traffic count is far
less for NTP :-).

I suppose Googlebot has some good expensive lawyers working for it.

Tim.




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