Flawed routers flood University of Wisconsin internet time server (2003)

walrus01 76 points 8 comments September 13, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (4 comments)

rkagerer

It struck me how much more useful information the graphs and diagrams here provide over their flashier counterparts you commonly see today. The old-fashioned aesthetic almost feels like a cue what I'm looking at won't be slop.

YesThatTom2

The talk he gave at Usenix LISA was one of the best ever! (LISA is now SRECon)

spindump8930

This is likely being discussed because it's relevant to this similar modern day story involving Tesla: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49686766

ctippett

> Are incidents such as this a likely side-effect of ubiquitous, low-cost, perhaps even disposable Internet hosts? The whole write-up is excellent. I was already impressed by the author, but the prescience of this comment... wow.

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