<div><div><div dir="auto">You know... the FSPA has an amazing capability for real-time, ongoing conversation.. Slack! It’s perfect for this very discussion!</div></div></div><div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Join using this link! Lots of discussion every day!</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div><a href="https://join.slack.com/t/fspazone/shared_invite/MjI2NzcxNjc2Nzg2LTE1MDI4MDEwMjEtMDRkMTBmZjExZA">https://join.slack.com/t/fspazone/shared_invite/MjI2NzcxNjc2Nzg2LTE1MDI4MDEwMjEtMDRkMTBmZjExZA</a></div><br></div><div dir="auto">-Matt</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 12:13 AM Dan Reynolds via FSPA <<a href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org" target="_blank">fspa@fspazone.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">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...</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 11:06 AM Kevin Stone via FSPA <<a href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org" target="_blank">fspa@fspazone.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">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.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [FSPA] Buying tickets for Pinburgh - Urgent<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt">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.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On February 25, 2019 10:30:36 AM EST, Kevin Stone via FSPA <<a href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org" target="_blank">fspa@fspazone.org</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">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.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 25, 2019 10:29 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [FSPA] Buying tickets for Pinburgh - Urgent<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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. :)<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 10:07 AM Dan Reynolds via FSPA <<a href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org" target="_blank">fspa@fspazone.org</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">yeah not impressed unless you're riding Millennium Force at the time.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 10:04 AM Ethan O'Toole via FSPA <<a href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org" target="_blank">fspa@fspazone.org</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">> I was a single buyer on mobile sitting in Cedar Point's parking lot and
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> I managed to get a spot as well.<br>
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Next time you need to book it while on a ride.<br>
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