Re: HEOA Question

[Cal Frye <cjf () CALFRYE COM>]

On 1/31/11 2:27 PM, Jacobson, Dick wrote:
> We handle the time differentials similarly.
>
> If the reported time does not show a connected user, and I can be
> assured that our server time is (and has been) accurate, and the network
> folks do not have anywhere else to check (netflow, other logs) then I
> will ask the reporting party to check their timestamps (and suggest they
> synch against one of the official time servers) since “I have no user
> connected to that IP number at that time.”

Yep. The best effort I do here is to check for timezone errors, i.e.
reporting a timestamp in GMT which is actually EST or vice-versa.
Outside of that, if the time doesn't match, it's not a valid notification.

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