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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