Hi, I have following ntpd.conf file on an OpenBSD machine:
OpenBSD 5.7-current (GENERIC) #839: Mon Mar 30 14:21:47 MDT 2015 dera...@amd64.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC # /etc/ntpd.conf server 0.pool.ntp.org server 1.pool.ntp.org server 2.pool.ntp.org server 3.pool.ntp.org constraints from www.google.com I've noticed that ntpd(8) often ends up with all peers in 'peer not valid' state, never syncing the time. I've enabled debug logging and this is what I see in the logs: Mar 31 00:29:38 openbsd57 ntpd[12097]: ntp engine ready Mar 31 00:29:39 openbsd57 ntpd[12097]: constraint request to 2a00:1450:400b:800::2004 Mar 31 00:29:39 openbsd57 ntpd[12097]: constraint request to 216.58.211.132 Mar 31 00:29:39 openbsd57 ntpd[30212]: tls failed: 2a00:1450:400b:800::2004: connect Mar 31 00:29:39 openbsd57 ntpd[12097]: no constraint reply from 2a00:1450:400b:800::2004 received in time, next query 900s Mar 31 00:34:37 openbsd57 ntpd[12097]: 0 out of 4 peers valid Mar 31 00:34:37 openbsd57 ntpd[12097]: bad peer 0.pool.ntp.org (54.194.18.100) Mar 31 00:34:37 openbsd57 ntpd[12097]: bad peer 1.pool.ntp.org (149.157.192.5) Mar 31 00:34:37 openbsd57 ntpd[12097]: bad peer 2.pool.ntp.org (193.1.219.116) Mar 31 00:34:37 openbsd57 ntpd[12097]: bad peer 3.pool.ntp.org (85.91.1.164) Mar 31 00:44:39 openbsd57 ntpd[12097]: constraint request to 2a00:1450:400b:800::2004 Mar 31 00:44:39 openbsd57 ntpd[12097]: constraint request to 216.58.211.132 Mar 31 00:44:39 openbsd57 ntpd[1720]: tls failed: 2a00:1450:400b:800::2004: connect Mar 31 00:44:39 openbsd57 ntpd[12097]: no constraint reply from 2a00:1450:400b:800::2004 received in time, next query 900s Mar 31 00:59:39 openbsd57 ntpd[12097]: constraint request to 2a00:1450:400b:800::2004 Mar 31 00:59:39 openbsd57 ntpd[12097]: constraint request to 216.58.211.132 Mar 31 00:59:39 openbsd57 ntpd[13994]: tls failed: 2a00:1450:400b:800::2004: connect Mar 31 00:59:39 openbsd57 ntpd[12097]: no constraint reply from 2a00:1450:400b:800::2004 received in time, next query 900s That box doesn't have IPv6 configured: # ifconfig lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 32768 priority: 0 groups: lo inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3 inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 vio0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 lladdr 52:54:00:12:34:72 priority: 0 groups: egress media: Ethernet autoselect status: active inet 172.16.0.52 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 172.16.0.255 enc0: flags=0<> priority: 0 groups: enc status: active # nc -v 2a00:1450:400b:800::2004 443 nc: connect to 2a00:1450:400b:800::2004 port 443 (tcp) failed: No route to host -- best regards q#