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Date:      Mon, 19 Nov 2001 22:06:04 -0800 (PST)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Ok, who broke timed?
Message-ID:  <XFMail.011119220604.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20011119183136.B88373@xor.obsecurity.org>

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On 20-Nov-01 Kris Kennaway wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 05:57:06PM -0800, John Baldwin wrote:
>> 
>> On 20-Nov-01 Kris Kennaway wrote:
>> > On Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 03:06:28PM -0800, John Baldwin wrote:
>> >> Does timed have some major 64 bit issues or something?  Trying to
>> >> run timed on my 5.0 alpha from a 4.4 x86 box proves disastrous.  5.0
>> >> x86 clients work fine.  The alpha keeps getting its date set back
>> >> into 1970:
>> > 
>> > It's probably never worked like that.  The timed protocol is pretty
>> > crufty and unportable.
>> 
>> NetBSD fixed it to use fixed width sizes.  I'm trying to port it but I think
>> I'm missing bits.  Now it sets the time to 2023 instead of 1970 however. 
>> *sigh*
> 
> Getting closer..now you're only 22 years out instead of 31 :-)

Heh.  Still truncating the server name to 'in.baldwin.cx' however, so perhaps
it is an alignment issue.  *grump*

> Kris

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