[LUAU] Favorite NTP server?

[Al Plant]

Jeff Mings wrote:
> Yes, Brian, the first NTP pool address I listed is from ntp.pool.org, 
> but it may be farther away /slower depending upon which server in the 
> pool answers the query.
> 
>     Al, I always appreciate your suggestions, but I noticed that the 
> NASA NTP server is really not supposed to be publicly available:
> http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Servers/PublicTimeServer000270
> Strangely, the ntp.hawaii.edu server doesn't have a stratum rating, and 
> I know that a few years ago, it oddly jumped forward to the year 2030:
> http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Servers/PublicTimeServer000453
> 
>     In terms of ping time and likely long-term reliability, the NIST 
> server in LA is looking like my best option : nist1-la.ustiming.org
> 
> Sincerely,
> -Jeff
> 

Hi Jeff,

I got the nasa, columbia servers from some freeBSD list in a published 
form. I think Mike Lucas lists some reliable ntp servers for regions in 
Absolute BSD.

The pool servers are part of the problem since the IP s are from all 
over. One of the guys in England tells me and shouldnt be trusted if you 
need real accuracy.

AL

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> On 02/20/2014 12:52 PM, Brian Chee wrote:
>> 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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