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Re: NTP Sync Issue Across Tata (Europe)


From: goemon--- via NANOG <nanog () nanog org>
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2023 01:55:26 -0700 (PDT)

On Mon, 14 Aug 2023, Masataka Ohta wrote:
 Mike Hammett wrote:
  " As such, the ultimate (a little expensive) solution is to have
  your own Rb clocks locally."

  Yeah, that's a reasonable course of action for most networks.

 For most data centers with time sensitive transactions, at least.

  *sigh*

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_clock
   Modern rubidium standard tubes last more than ten years,
   and can cost as little as US$50.

  https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=rubidium

From this discussion it seems there is very little overlap between nanog
membership and time-nuts.

Cheap Rb GPSDO are well known there. Even a bottom barrel OCXO GPSDO would provide significant protection against determined GPS attacker.

-Dan


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