ntpdate

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Fri, Sep 24, 2004 at 12:25:00AM +0100, Mark Shuttleworth wrote:

> I like the idea of an ntp.ubuntulinux.org CNAME that we manage and can 
> point somewhere. time.nist.gov is the one I usually use. We won't have 
> that many users that they will scream during Warty.

NTP servers generally have an access policy; often it requests that you
notify them if you intend to do something like that.

time.nist.gov is a stratum-1 server that specifically requests that its use
be limited to stratum-2 servers except by arrangement with the admin.

http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/servers.html

US CO time.nist.gov (192.43.244.18)
Location: National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado
Geographic Coordinates: 39:58:43.44N 254:43:32.5E +1840m (WGS 84)
Synchronization: ACTS dial-up with NTP backup, DEC Alpha UNIX Service Area:
NSFnet, WESTnet
Access Policy: open to stratum-2 servers and others by arrangement
Contact: Judah Levine (jlevine at boulder.nist.gov), (303) 492-7785

We could run a stratum-2 server of our own for Ubuntu users, but the
admins have enough to do already.

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 - mdz