ntpdate

[Andrew Pollock]

On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 05:04:49PM -0700, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> 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.

I was about to say how hard would it be to sling a few GPSes around the
globe... I'm not sure of what resources are available.

regards

Andrew

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