[FSPA] Buying tickets for Pinburgh - Urgent

Mon Feb 25 11:21:24 EST 2019

Are we still talking about pinball here?

Barry Schwartz

From: Dan Reynolds via FSPA <fspa at fspazone.org<mailto:fspa at fspazone.org>>
Date: Monday, Feb 25, 2019, 8:18 AM
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Subject: Re: [FSPA] Buying tickets for Pinburgh - Urgent

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<mailto: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<mailto:fspa-bounces at fspazone.org>] On Behalf Of Bob K Mertz via FSPA
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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<mailto: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<mailto:fspa-bounces at fspazone.org>] On Behalf Of The Bob via FSPA
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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<mailto: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<mailto: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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