Bug 104525: Default ntp.conf

[Mark Shuttleworth]

On 26/01/11 09:19, Martin Pitt wrote:
> Matt Zimmerman [2011-01-24 10:33 +0000]:
>> Because of this, I don't think that the proposed change materially affects
>> our ability to estimate the number of active Ubuntu machines based on
>> ntp.ubuntu.com traffic, and it would seem to benefit end users by providing
>> time servers which are topologically closer, redundant, etc.
> We discussed that in the meeting yesterday with Xavier, and I
> contacted the admin of pool.ntp.org (see his reply which just hit the
> mailing list). The proposed patch keeps ntp.u.c. in the configuration,
> and Bjorn also recommended doing this, which should give us the best
> of both worlds.
>
> I'd still wait for James's opinion, but otherwise this sounds like an
> improvement to me and I'm also in favor now.

What's the rationale for vendor.pool.ntp.org? Does that not create
opportunities for vendor-based attacks, or statistical analysis, which
we would rather avoid?

I like the description of the service, it seems they are pursuing a
credible strategy for delivering great and reliable and fast service levels.

Mark