Date: Fri, 25 Jul 1997 04:26:18 -0600 (MDT) From: Brandon Gillespie <brandon@roguetrader.com> To: dkelly@HiWAAY.net Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: timedc, "ftp.apple.com will not tell us the date" Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970725042452.4294E-100000@roguetrader.com> In-Reply-To: <199707250224.VAA06098@nexgen.hiwaay.net>
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On Thu, 24 Jul 1997 dkelly@HiWAAY.net wrote: > timedc> c ftp.apple.com > ftp.apple.com will not tell us the date > time on ftp04.apple.com is 356793 ms. behind time on nexgen.hiwaay.net > timedc> c ftp.sgi.com > time on ftp.sgi.com is 34 ms. behind time on nexgen.hiwaay.net > > Why is it timedc insists a host will not tell it the date, then actually > reports it. Except: if the remote host is running SGI Irix, all is fine. > Same result from SGI to non-SGI host as shown above for FreeBSD to non-SGI. Just a guess, but 'ftp.apple.com' is simply used in a cluster lookup to multiple IP addresses, and is not actually an a-name for any specific IP, where ftp.cgi.com IS. Perhaps timedc is being a little more pedantic than it should about what address you are giving it? -Brandon Gillespie
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