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Re: Recent NTP pool traffic increase


From: "Majdi S. Abbas" <msa () latt net>
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2016 13:19:48 -0500

On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 11:31:08PM -0500, Laurent Dumont wrote:
What I mostly meant is that there should be a regulated, industry-wide
effort in order to provide a stable and active pool program. With the
current models, a protocol that is widely used by commercial devices is
being supported by the time and effort of volunteers around the world.

        Who's authoritative for time?  Even the national labs aren't --
UTC is figured well after the fact.  

        Thing about the pool is -- you may use it, you don't have to.
You're welcome to provide your own services, including to your
customers.

        There has to be one sole DNS -- there isn't one sole source of
time.

        --msa


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