On Dec 10, 2007 4:02 PM, Henning Brauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> * Daniel Ouellet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-12-10 19:39]:
> > That is sure 100% true. I was just trying to be sensitive to the request
of
> > the ntp.org itself asking not to do so. There is multiple zone and as
such
> > it would be nice to pick on, just like we pick the timezone when we
install
> > the OS, may be it might be a good idea to also pick the zone for the ntp
at
> > install time no?
>
> sure, and at the same time, we cann add a question wether you prefer
> console text in yellowon black and panics in red and bikesheds in green
> and....
>
> we're not going to follow their bullshit. pool.ntp.org is a sensible
> default.
This is a mail I just got:
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Ask Bjxrn Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Dec 10, 2007 10:53 PM
Subject: Re: OpenBSD does not respect the ntp pool
It looks like they misunderstood (or didn't bother looking at the
vendors page).
It's not that they should use the geographic zones but rather that
they should get "{0,1,2,3,4}.openbsd.pool.ntp.org" setup and use
that. It'll, like {0,1,2,3,4}.pool.ntp.org, automatically try to give
you "nearby" servers.
We're not asking anyone to have their users pick a zone; that'd indeed
defeat the purpose of providing a sensible default. We are asking
however to always have a "default configuration" be specific to the
vendor/product/whatever so we can track statistics on use and (more
importantly) have DNS as a tool to mitigate problems.
I'm not subscribed to the openbsd-misc list -- any chance you can pass it on?
- ask
