On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 11:03:48PM -0700, jdow wrote:
> From: "jdow" <jdow@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 23:03:48 -0700
> Subject: Re: NTP syncing
> Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> From: "Kenneth Porter" <shiva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> > --On Monday, September 20, 2004 10:38 PM -0700 Nifty Hat Mitch
> > <mitch48@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > Ask your ISP for a ntp reference list.
> > > This is a service that all ISP's should be providing (IMO).
> >
> > Many ISP's supply NTP on their DNS servers or their routers, but it
> > sometimes takes a bit of digging to find someone who'll own up to its
> being
> > there. Ideally the NTP server should be supplied by DHCP and it should an
> > appropriate DNS name (eg. ntp.myisp.com), but few ISP's do this.
>
> I noticed this ages ago. I also noticed that their time bore only a hazy
> relationship to the clocks at UCSD. UCLA, and others. GTEI's ntp was worst
> of the bunch. But then, I've not looked recently. So ymmv.
What is it that they say on one of the TV cop shows.
"Trust but verify".
For folks that manage 'business' sites "good time" is
not a party it is a business requirement. More to the
point "good time" shared with business partners is important.
If my company and your company exchange items worth money it makes
sense that both of us have some clue about the quality of time. By
meshing "ntp" time references it is possible share time related
bandwidth and also know with 'trace' that time is synchronized.
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