[LUAU] Favorite NTP server?

[Brian Chee]

Can't answer that, but Alan Whinery is behind it and it's providing NTP for
UHM ITS facilities. Have you thought of ntp.pool.org?

/brian chee



On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 2:48 PM, Jeff Mings <jeffm at lava.net> wrote:

> That was fast!  You are SO on it, Mr. Chee!  :D
>
>     Since you work with the UH IT dept., I'm not surprised you produced a
> UH server.  Is this particular server _reliably_ deployed?  I.e., will it
> likely be consistently available 5 years from now?  There are a lot of
> devices, like phones, that I need to set a good NTP server on that I might
> not check for several years.
>
> Thanks Brian,
> -Jeff
>
> On 02/20/2014 12:44 PM, Brian Chee wrote:
>
>> ntp1.hawaii.edu canonical name = ntproundtop.hawaii.edu.
>> Name: ntproundtop.hawaii.edu
>> Address: 128.171.235.62
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 2:40 PM, Jeff Mings <jeffm at lava.net> wrote:
>>
>>  Hi All!
>>>
>>>      After the new NTP DOS vulnerability, a lot of NTP servers are
>>> changing
>>> their operation.
>>>
>>>      I have used the navy's atomic clock at tick.mhpcc.hpc.mil for quite
>>> some time, but it appears that they may be reducing access to it now.
>>>
>>>      Many of my clients use RoadRunner locally, which doesn't seem to
>>> have
>>> a publicly-listed NTP server in this area.  I could use the pool from
>>> CentOS, or even the one from Apple, but I want to make sure I use a
>>> server
>>> or pool of them that won't be overwhelmed/useless like the Microsoft NTP
>>> servers.  So far, using 0.us.pool.ntp.org  looks like a solid choice for
>>> long-term reliability, but nist1-la.ustiming.org yields better ping
>>> times, and the NIST has a nice status page at http://tf.nist.gov/tf-cgi/
>>> servers.cgi   for checking service.
>>>
>>> Any better suggestions?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> -Jeff
>>>
>>>
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