Yo Eric! On Wed, 11 May 2016 14:28:05 -0400 "Eric S. Raymond" <e...@thyrsus.com> wrote:
> Gary E. Miller <g...@rellim.com>:
> > 5. Disallow internal system to seek NTP from other sources beyond
> > your edge routers.
>
> But now I learn that we apparently can't do that, because (according
> to Gary) a Stratum 1 requires a minimum of three good chimers for the
> source-selection algoritms to stay sane.
Well, 'requires' is an interesting word. ntpd will work with just
one preferred refclock and no peers/servers, but it is not a good
idea.
In the last day there have been many horror stories of GPS and NTP
gone wild to bad effect. Redundancy is the answer.
> This strkes me as a problem. Note to self: investigate orphan mode.
And read the current thread "Re: NIST NTP Servers" for the current state
of understanding of people that should know better. Many useful war
stories and some frightful cluelessness.
RGDS
GARY
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