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Date:      Sun, 5 Dec 2004 20:24:02 -0600 (CST)
From:      Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com>
To:        Stefan Midjich <stefan@swebase.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Rebooting the kernel without resetting uptime?
Message-ID:  <20041205202236.M66036@odysseus.silby.com>
In-Reply-To: <41B07635.9060705@swebase.com>
References:  <41B07635.9060705@swebase.com>

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On Fri, 3 Dec 2004, Stefan Midjich wrote:

> Hi
>
> I know a guy i respect on IRC told me this is not possible but since this is 
> the hackers list i thought the topic at least deserves a discussion. I guess 
> i wont be able to sit still until someone either does it or shows me why it 
> can't be done.

Faking the uptime which is retrieved by netcraft and other services which 
check TCP timestamps would be easy.

Faking your local uptime might be a bit more work, there could be 
sideeffects of accelerating the timecounters.

Mike "Silby" Silbersack



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