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I don't really see what's shady about it. If you connect to a server, it's accepted and expected that they'll get your IP address.
by morgante 11y ago
I don't really see what's shady about it. If you connect to a server, it's accepted and expected that they'll get your IP address.
- tyingq 11y agoThey run a port scan against your ip and publish the discovered info publicly. You may find that okay, others don't.
- therein 11y agoWell then I guess people should stop relying on their IP address being one of many in a vast space for security and implement proper authentication instead. It's not like your service has to expose all its secrets to an unauthenticated client sending you a GET / HTTP/1.1.
- tyingq 11y agoThat's not the irk. Rude behavior isn't suddenly polite just because I have great security. The spirit of donating server time to the ntp.org pool is not to use the data for your own self promotion.
- Tepix 11y agoThe real-life equivalent is a pizza delivery guy who, after delivering the pizza, goes around your house, checks which doors and windows are locked, unlocked or open, what brand the locks and the burglar alarm are and then proceeds to sell this data. I hope the NTP pool terms of service will disallow such behaviour in the future, otherwise I'm removing my server from the pool.