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Flawed Routers Flood University of Wisconsin Internet Time Server (2003)

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Hacker News | Sep 13, 2026 | walrus01

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The Initial Flood Blocking the Flood Background: Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) Figure 2. Email from Netgear Support The Review Process The Flawed SNTP Client Impact to Netgear Customers Code Upgrades for Affected Netgear Products Figure 8. Affected Netgear Products Flawed Product Counts Figure 8a. Endgame A: UW-Madison Netgear Anycast Time Service Figure 10. Background: Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) Paraphrased from RFC2030 by Dave Mills: The Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) is an adaptation of the Network Time Protocol (NTP) used to synchronize computer clocks in the Internet.

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