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Originally Posted by jbenny
Just thinking out loud...
Being a Linux device, the Cybook could load a driver that uses its own USB port as a NIC. Could it then sync the time directly via NTP, using the attached computer's internet connection? Is this possible without needing to load software on the host computer?
If this is not possible, then the Cybook could still use NTP to sync with the host computer. Linux (and I think Mac) already come with NTP server software (it may need to be enabled). For Windows, there are several free NTP server packages and at least one Open Source one that I know of.
Of course, the easy, low-tech way is to allow the user to manually set the time on the Cybook. Depending on how bad the internal clock is, this may be enough for most users. I'd prefer some form of time syncing, myself.
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I don't think most systems would proxy between USB and Ethernet without some alteration. Being able to set the system time directly for the purposes of determining the expiration of your license for a DRM-ed book may not be in keeping with Mobipocket's requirements.