On 12/31/2019 7:21 AM, Seth Mattinen wrote: > On 12/31/19 1:32 AM, Harlan Stenn wrote: >> On 12/30/2019 8:32 PM, Seth Mattinen wrote: >>> On 12/30/19 8:22 PM, Seth Mattinen wrote: >>>> Is anyone from ntpd.org on here? You're pointing DNS at me for some >>>> reason. That zone (ntpd.org) isn't in our system. Your NS looks odd >>>> too, *.darkness-reigns.net and .nl? Is that legit? I don't know what >>>> it was before because I've never looked, but that seems off. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> nevermind, I'm tired and confused ntpd.org with ntp.org. Just going to >>> wildcard *.ntpd.org to 127.0.0.1 and go back to sleep. >> >> I did think about replying, saying "Just to be clear, this isn't about >> ntp.org." >> > > > What I did learn though there are a lot of people configuring their NTP > with servers that are identical to the legitimate *.ntp.org names, > except they're mistyping ntpd instead of ntp. Enough to generate >2Gbps > worth of query traffic (pointed at a DNS server with a 1gbps interface). > > I have to admit I'm kind of curious how many unique clients that would > be if I answered back with a working IP address instead of localhost.
If the folks who registered ntpd.org are OK with it, we'd be happy to take that domain over and do right by it. -- Harlan Stenn, Network Time Foundation http://nwtime.org - be a Member!