From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 8 20:22:42 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94C99106566C; Mon, 8 Jun 2009 20:22:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from richardtector@thekeelecentre.com) Received: from mx0.thekeelecentre.com (mx0.thekeelecentre.com [IPv6:2001:470:1f09:16f:2::3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F2C98FC1D; Mon, 8 Jun 2009 20:22:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from richardtector@thekeelecentre.com) Received: from localhost (filter.mx0.thekeelecentre.com [217.206.238.165]) by mx0.thekeelecentre.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46C2A45405; Mon, 8 Jun 2009 21:22:41 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at thekeelecentre.com Received: from mx0.thekeelecentre.com ([217.206.238.167]) by localhost (filter.mx0.thekeelecentre.com [217.206.238.165]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id VW+pASfTSk14; Mon, 8 Jun 2009 20:22:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.0.2.50] (daffy.tector.org.uk [82.71.32.9]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx0.thekeelecentre.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C06D1453EA; Mon, 8 Jun 2009 21:22:37 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <4A2D7307.30701@thekeelecentre.com> Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:22:31 +0100 From: Richard Tector User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Edwin Groothuis References: <20090605124428.GA85576@mavetju.org> <200906051424.n55EOIrM012619@post.behrens.de> <20090605235117.GB3235@mavetju.org> In-Reply-To: <20090605235117.GB3235@mavetju.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Frank Behrens , freebsd-net@freebsd.org, roberto@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NTP - default /etc/ntp.conf X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:22:42 -0000 The fact that everyone has different ideas and suggestions with regards to the contents of this file, and also that it's generally better to use time servers from your local area (http://www.pool.ntp.org/en/use.html) rather than the global pool, indicates to me that having a default configuration is not a good idea. Regards, Richard