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SubjectRe: linux-kernel-digest V1 #4223
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Followup to:  <Pine.SUN.3.96.990729192319.362G-100000@invisible.eskimo.com>
By author: Robert Dinse <nanook@eskimo.com>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> Since there is some variation, it would be good for the software to
> include a tweekable fudge-factor so that with experience of whether the clock
> looses or gains a small amount each day, the fudge factor can be adjusted to
> compensate, so that given a crystal that is off by a constant amount, once
> adjusted the clock will keep time.
>

RTFM(adjtimex), RTFM(xntpd)

-hpa
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"The user's computer downloads the ActiveX code and simulates a 'Blue
Screen' crash, a generally benign event most users are familiar with
and that would not necessarily arouse suspicions."
-- Security exploit description on http://www.zks.net/p3/how.asp

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