Subject: Re: Netcraft uptime statistics?
To: Mike Cheponis <mac@Wireless.Com>
From: Zafer Aydogan <zafer@gmx.org>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 04/03/2005 18:57:36
Mike Cheponis schrieb:
> I noticed at http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/accuracy.html#whichos
> it mentions that NetBSD doesn't provide uptime stats that Netcraft
> can use to report how long a NetBSD host has been up.
>
> Obviously, "uptime" at the shell reports this very information.
>
> Is this info being blocked for some reason so that websites like Netcraft
> can't determine NetBSD host uptimes?
>
> Thanks -Mike
>
>
Hello Mike,
Netcraft is checking the TCP Timestamp (RFC1323) to determine the uptime
of the machine. NetBSD is not providing that information, so they can't
gather information from NetBSD machines.
Zafer.