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Date:      Mon, 28 Jun 2004 12:01:30 -0400
From:      "Michael W. Lucas" <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org>
To:        Rob <stopspam@users.sourceforge.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Maximum uptime 497 days?
Message-ID:  <20040628160130.GA92831@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org>
In-Reply-To: <40E03C05.4070001@users.sourceforge.net>
References:  <40DF92F2.2030407@users.sourceforge.net> <20040628145027.GA92086@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org> <40E03C05.4070001@users.sourceforge.net>

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On Tue, Jun 29, 2004 at 12:40:53AM +0900, Rob wrote:
> Michael W. Lucas wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >This tickles something in the back of my memory.
> >
> >You aren't by chance talking about remote uptime detection,
> >Netcraft-style, are you?
> >
> >IIRC, that rolls over to 0 at 497 days.  But actual system uptime is
> >unaffected.
> 
> Yes, I read it first time on a Netcraft's webpage, then googled and found
> other reports as well. So this 497 limitation is only for Netscaft's way
> of measuring up-time?
> 
> Rob.

Yep.

It's a counter that rolls over in the TCP stack.

==ml

-- 
Michael Lucas		mwlucas@FreeBSD.org, mwlucas@BlackHelicopters.org
   "I'm sorry, but 'Social Darwinism' is no excuse for killing all of 
	           your co-workers."  -- Ivan Brunetti
		http://www.BlackHelicopters.org/~mwlucas/



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