Hi Serge the service was very valuable over the last few years - or better: since the beginning of the swiss internet. like you said: pioneering. kind of a 'phaseout' of a well known, superbe service :) but yes, there are other ressources (e.g. pool.ntp.org).
but I would like to thank also ETH for their service over the last years. greetings -steven Am 11.12.2012 um 11:22 schrieb Serge Droz <serge.d...@switch.ch>: > Hello Swinog, > > I've just talked to Armin, who is not on the list. swisstime has, in the > last 20 years, become the single most used service at ETH. To keep up > with the current growth ETH would have to invest substantial funds into > the needed infrastructure. > 20 years ago swisstime was a pioneering service. Today ntp services are > available from other high quality servers and so it was decided to stop > this ETH service for the public. > > Cheers > Serge > > > On 11.12.12 09:35 , Steven Glogger wrote: >> FYI, >> we've received such a message... >> >> -steven >> >> Anfang der weitergeleiteten Nachricht: >> >>> *Von: *"Wittmann Armin" <awittm...@ethz.ch <mailto:awittm...@ethz.ch>> >>> *Betreff: **AccessPolicy to swisstime.ethz.ch >>> <http://swisstime.ethz.ch> changed to ClosedAccess* >>> *Datum: *11. Dezember 2012 09:01:06 MEZ >>> *An: *ID.NET.Hostmaster <hostmas...@ethz.ch <mailto:hostmas...@ethz.ch>> >>> >>> Dear Hostmaster, dear network responsible >>> >>> You are receiving this notification because devices in your network >>> are using the ntp-Service of swisstime.ethz.ch >>> <http://swisstime.ethz.ch> and you are among the most frequent users >>> (several 10 MB data per day). The usage of swisstime.ethz.ch >>> <http://swisstime.ethz.ch> has been increasing constantly over the >>> years and has reached a state that would require additional >>> specialized hardware to support the millions of sessions. The board of >>> ICT-Services of ETH Zürich decided not to spend this money for new >>> devices but to block the access to the server in the near future. >>> >>> For this reason the Access Policy of swisstime.ethz.ch >>> <http://swisstime.ethz.ch> has been changed to "Closed Access" >>> http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Servers/SwisstimeEthzCh >>> and you are kindly requested to use other ntp-Services provided by the >>> internet for free - >>> we recommend using the public ntp-Pool >>> http://www.pool.ntp.org/en/ >>> >>> We intend to block the access to swisstime.ethz.ch >>> <http://swisstime.ethz.ch> in June 2013. >>> >>> Do not hesitate to contact me for further questions. >>> Kind regards >>> Armin Wittmann >>> >>> Dr. Armin Wittmann >>> ETH Zürich - Informatikdienste - ICT-Networks >>> Division Head >>> Weinbergstrasse 43 - WET B3 >>> CH-8092 Zürich - Switzerland >>> Tel.: +41 44 632 50 15 >>> Fax: +41 44 632 11 66 >>> E-Mail: awittm...@ethz.ch <mailto:awittm...@ethz.ch> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> swinog mailing list >> swinog@lists.swinog.ch >> http://lists.swinog.ch/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/swinog >> > > > -- > SWITCH > ----------------------- > Dr. Serge Droz, Team Leader Security > Werdstrasse 2, P.O. Box, 8021 Zurich, Switzerland > phone +41 44 268 15 63, fax +41 44 268 15 78 > serge.d...@switch.ch, http://www.switch.ch > > > _______________________________________________ > swinog mailing list > swinog@lists.swinog.ch > http://lists.swinog.ch/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/swinog _______________________________________________ swinog mailing list swinog@lists.swinog.ch http://lists.swinog.ch/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/swinog
