Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 00:35:43 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org> To: "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@TransSys.COM> Cc: "Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" <allbery@ece.cmu.edu>, Lamont Granquist <lamont@scriptkiddie.org>, "'freebsd-stable@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: (OT) Re: NTPD in upcoming release? Message-ID: <200108160635.f7G6ZhW30007@harmony.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 11 Aug 2001 11:40:58 EDT." <200108111540.f7BFewn01097@whizzo.transsys.com> References: <200108111540.f7BFewn01097@whizzo.transsys.com> <20010810221054.F26163-100000@coredump.scriptkiddie.org> <13790000.997536561@vpn48.ece.cmu.edu>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
In message <200108111540.f7BFewn01097@whizzo.transsys.com> "Louis A. Mamakos" writes: : No, what NTP does is set the time of your system to the *correct* time, : and not just synchronized to some other clock. There's an advantage to : peering with multiple clocks so that you can detect an insane/broken : clock, even one based on using a GPS receiver that you might own. The : algorithms for peer selection are every bit as important at the ones : which determine offset and delay times. And GPS may be turned off in your area at any time if the US Government doesn't want it to be used there. There are also many installations that external antennas aren't possible and a permanant place to isntall the gps receiver has too much building between it and the birds to acquire them. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200108160635.f7G6ZhW30007>