[FSPA] Buying tickets for Pinburgh - Urgent

[Dan Reynolds]

on development or internal servers, Kevin, i know servers are badly synced
all the time (and it often causes problems).  And to back up your
experience, I myself had to set up NTP on a Government server suite that
had been in production for over a decade due to an audit, but those were
aaaaaaancient Solaris machines that didn't use any clustering or
distributed data.  that was a long time ago, though.  for external-facing
huge public production system like showclix, though?  seems unlikely ...
call me a cynic, but i have more faith in their techniques than a lot of
systems hiding out in the DoD cyber labyrinth...

On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 11:06 AM Kevin Stone via FSPA <fspa at fspazone.org>
wrote:

> You guys should be involved in audits then, because many government and
> contractor servers aren’t setup correctly using stratum servers via NTP,
> and they fail audits regularly.  To use that stuff, admins have to actually
> implement them.  Regarding PCI rules, they too can be easily broken just
> like NIST 800-53 control requirements.  But yeah, having said that it is
> probably latency on user side more than anything.  Bottom line is if
> someone is waiting to go to a website at 12:00 exactly, you lose.
>
>
>
> *From:* FSPA [mailto:fspa-bounces at fspazone.org] *On Behalf Of *Bob K
> Mertz via FSPA
> *Sent:* Monday, February 25, 2019 10:48 AM
> *To:* FSPA main discussion list
> *Cc:* Bob K Mertz
> *Subject:* Re: [FSPA] Buying tickets for Pinburgh - Urgent
>
>
>
> Generally everything is set by NTP which syncs with the atomic clock
> (including cell carrier networks).... I can't imagine any server for a
> reputable company is being set manually. I refreshed at exactly the moment
> my cell switched to 12:00 and not before and went right in.
>
> On February 25, 2019 10:30:36 AM EST, Kevin Stone via FSPA <
> fspa at fspazone.org> wrote:
>
> I think many people didn’t realize that there is not a standard clock out
> there, your phone isn’t the same as ShowClix server time which was probably
> set by some admin using his/her phone and not a stratum time server, so
> everything went on sale prior to someone’s phone that said 12:00.  Always
> start 2 minutes early.
>
>
>
> *From:* FSPA [mailto:fspa-bounces at fspazone.org] *On Behalf Of *The Bob
> via FSPA
> *Sent:* Monday, February 25, 2019 10:29 AM
> *To:* FSPA main discussion list
> *Cc:* The Bob
> *Subject:* Re: [FSPA] Buying tickets for Pinburgh - Urgent
>
>
>
> I was on my phone driving down the Fairfax County Parkway and I got in.
> Thankfully somebody else had my info so I immediately released the tix in
> my cart.  Keeping with the spirit of things though I bought my Replay pass
> & Intergalactic entry while driving.  Don't try this at home. :)
>
>
>
> I love the eBay idea.  Maybe 20 entries or a small percentage.  Donate the
> proceeds to charity.  Complain about what you spent then buy a better data
> plan for your phone for next year.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 10:07 AM Dan Reynolds via FSPA <fspa at fspazone.org>
> wrote:
>
> yeah not impressed unless you're riding Millennium Force at the time.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 10:04 AM Ethan O'Toole via FSPA <fspa at fspazone.org>
> wrote:
>
> > I was a single buyer on mobile sitting in Cedar Point's parking lot and
> > I managed to get a spot as well.
>
> Next time you need to book it while on a ride.
>
>                         - Ethan
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