Hello Swinog, I've just talked to Armin, who is not on the list. swisstime has, in the last 20 years, become the single most used service at ETH. To keep up with the current growth ETH would have to invest substantial funds into the needed infrastructure. 20 years ago swisstime was a pioneering service. Today ntp services are available from other high quality servers and so it was decided to stop this ETH service for the public.
Cheers Serge On 11.12.12 09:35 , Steven Glogger wrote: > FYI, > we've received such a message... > > -steven > > Anfang der weitergeleiteten Nachricht: > >> *Von: *"Wittmann Armin" <awittm...@ethz.ch <mailto:awittm...@ethz.ch>> >> *Betreff: **AccessPolicy to swisstime.ethz.ch >> <http://swisstime.ethz.ch> changed to ClosedAccess* >> *Datum: *11. Dezember 2012 09:01:06 MEZ >> *An: *ID.NET.Hostmaster <hostmas...@ethz.ch <mailto:hostmas...@ethz.ch>> >> >> Dear Hostmaster, dear network responsible >> >> You are receiving this notification because devices in your network >> are using the ntp-Service of swisstime.ethz.ch >> <http://swisstime.ethz.ch> and you are among the most frequent users >> (several 10 MB data per day). The usage of swisstime.ethz.ch >> <http://swisstime.ethz.ch> has been increasing constantly over the >> years and has reached a state that would require additional >> specialized hardware to support the millions of sessions. The board of >> ICT-Services of ETH Zürich decided not to spend this money for new >> devices but to block the access to the server in the near future. >> >> For this reason the Access Policy of swisstime.ethz.ch >> <http://swisstime.ethz.ch> has been changed to "Closed Access" >> http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Servers/SwisstimeEthzCh >> and you are kindly requested to use other ntp-Services provided by the >> internet for free - >> we recommend using the public ntp-Pool >> http://www.pool.ntp.org/en/ >> >> We intend to block the access to swisstime.ethz.ch >> <http://swisstime.ethz.ch> in June 2013. >> >> Do not hesitate to contact me for further questions. >> Kind regards >> Armin Wittmann >> >> Dr. Armin Wittmann >> ETH Zürich - Informatikdienste - ICT-Networks >> Division Head >> Weinbergstrasse 43 - WET B3 >> CH-8092 Zürich - Switzerland >> Tel.: +41 44 632 50 15 >> Fax: +41 44 632 11 66 >> E-Mail: awittm...@ethz.ch <mailto:awittm...@ethz.ch> >> >> >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > swinog mailing list > swinog@lists.swinog.ch > http://lists.swinog.ch/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/swinog > -- SWITCH ----------------------- Dr. Serge Droz, Team Leader Security Werdstrasse 2, P.O. Box, 8021 Zurich, Switzerland phone +41 44 268 15 63, fax +41 44 268 15 78 serge.d...@switch.ch, http://www.switch.ch _______________________________________________ swinog mailing list swinog@lists.swinog.ch http://lists.swinog.ch/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/swinog
