FYI,
we've received such a message...

-steven

Anfang der weitergeleiteten Nachricht:

Von: "Wittmann Armin" <awittmann@ethz.ch>
Betreff: AccessPolicy to swisstime.ethz.ch changed to ClosedAccess
Datum: 11. Dezember 2012 09:01:06 MEZ
An: ID.NET.Hostmaster <hostmaster@ethz.ch>

Dear Hostmaster, dear network responsible

You are receiving this notification because devices in your network are using the ntp-Service of swisstime.ethz.ch and you are among the most frequent users (several 10 MB data per day). The usage of swisstime.ethz.ch has been increasing constantly over the years and has reached a state that would require additional specialized hardware to support the millions of sessions. The board of ICT-Services of ETH Zürich decided not to spend this money for new devices but to block the access to the server in the near future.

For this reason the Access Policy of swisstime.ethz.ch has been changed to "Closed Access"
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Servers/SwisstimeEthzCh
and you are kindly requested to use other ntp-Services provided by the internet for free -
we recommend using the public ntp-Pool
http://www.pool.ntp.org/en/  

We intend to block the access to swisstime.ethz.ch in June 2013.

Do not hesitate to contact me for further questions.
Kind regards
Armin Wittmann

Dr. Armin Wittmann
ETH Zürich - Informatikdienste - ICT-Networks
Division Head
Weinbergstrasse 43 - WET B3
CH-8092 Zürich - Switzerland
Tel.: +41 44 632 50 15
Fax:  +41 44 632 11 66
E-Mail: awittmann@ethz.ch