[ntpwg] Bug: Status/Summary of slashdot leap-second crash on new years 2008-2009

[Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu]

On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:07:12 MST, "M. Warner Losh" said:

> Well, today you can ftp the leapseconds.txt file from NIST.  Of
> course, that assumes your machine is on the network, and not a dumb
> slave of a smart head-end that's off the net...

If you're a dumb slave off a smart head-end, the sysadmin has already solved
the problem of getting files from the outside to the dumb slave, just for their
own sanity in pushing patches and *other* config file updates.

And if you're *not* getting updates pushed to you for all the *other* stuff,
the leapseconds is probably the least of your worries.

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