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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