[LUAU] Favorite NTP server?

Brian Chee chee at hawaii.edu
Thu Feb 20 15:00:06 PST 2014


I have no idea what the UH policy is on this, but I use ntp1.hawaii.edu for
all kinds of things, and my secondary is ntp.pool.org

My next step is to build a stratum1 on my raspberry PI for my lab....

/brian chee



On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 2:57 PM, Al Plant <noc at hdk5.net> wrote:

> 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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>>
>>
>>  Aloha,
>
> The FreeBSD group has been sending out info on what to do and telling
> everyone to use military, or private instutions that are know to you.
> I had one old server hit. The only one I used the 1. 2. 3. pool ntp on.
>
> I manually use ntp.nasa.gov ( California) and sundial.columbia.edu (NYC)
> and  ntp.hawaii.edu  (HNL)
>
> Brian, could I use lntpl.hawaii.edu ?
>
> Thanks:
>
> ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii -  Phone:  808-284-2740
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