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Re: [gpsd-dev] PPS and privilege-dropping
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Gary E. Miller |
Subject: |
Re: [gpsd-dev] PPS and privilege-dropping |
Date: |
Fri, 18 Oct 2013 16:45:12 -0700 |
Yo Greg!
I'll buy that. Got a citation so we can add it to the howto with
attribution?
On Fri, 18 Oct 2013 19:42:06 -0400
Greg Troxel <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> "Gary E. Miller" <address@hidden> writes:
>
> >> That's not enough by itself. You and other time nuts have implicit
> >> knowledge, expressed in jargon like "chimers" which isn't actually
> >> defined anywhere (I googled to check). We need to get that
> >> knowledge onto (virtual) paper.
> >
> > Odd, I can't find a trvial reference to that either. A chimer is
> > just an time source you are using. Likely remote in some way.
>
> This is Dave Mills' jargon. Basically:
>
> truechimer: a computer, usually remote, that speaks NTP, and whose
> clock is basically right. Note that basically right allows some
> slop for it being a bit off due to errors, but not wildly off
>
> falseticker: a computer, usually remote, that speaks NTP, and whose
> time is way off base.
>
> The basic point is that in the outlier detection phase, falsetickers
> are outvoted and removed from further consideration.
RGDS
GARY
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- Re: [gpsd-dev] PPS and privilege-dropping, (continued)
- Re: [gpsd-dev] PPS and privilege-dropping, Gary E. Miller, 2013/10/18
- Re: [gpsd-dev] PPS and privilege-dropping, Eric S. Raymond, 2013/10/18
- Re: [gpsd-dev] PPS and privilege-dropping, Gary E. Miller, 2013/10/18
- Re: [gpsd-dev] PPS and privilege-dropping, Eric S. Raymond, 2013/10/18
- Re: [gpsd-dev] PPS and privilege-dropping, Gary E. Miller, 2013/10/18
- Re: [gpsd-dev] PPS and privilege-dropping, Greg Troxel, 2013/10/18
- Re: [gpsd-dev] PPS and privilege-dropping, Gary E. Miller, 2013/10/18
- Re: [gpsd-dev] PPS and privilege-dropping, Eric S. Raymond, 2013/10/19
- Re: [gpsd-dev] PPS and privilege-dropping, Eric S. Raymond, 2013/10/19
- Re: [gpsd-dev] PPS and privilege-dropping, Greg Troxel, 2013/10/18
- Re: [gpsd-dev] PPS and privilege-dropping,
Gary E. Miller <=
- Re: [gpsd-dev] PPS and privilege-dropping, Greg Troxel, 2013/10/18
- Re: [gpsd-dev] PPS and privilege-dropping, Hal Murray, 2013/10/18
- Re: [gpsd-dev] PPS and privilege-dropping, Gary E. Miller, 2013/10/18
- Re: [gpsd-dev] PPS and privilege-dropping, Hal Murray, 2013/10/18
- Re: [gpsd-dev] PPS and privilege-dropping, Eric S. Raymond, 2013/10/19
- Re: [gpsd-dev] PPS and privilege-dropping, Harlan Stenn, 2013/10/19
- [gpsd-dev] The agony, the ecstacy, the NTP documentation, Eric S. Raymond, 2013/10/19
- Re: [gpsd-dev] The agony, the ecstacy, the NTP documentation, Harlan Stenn, 2013/10/19
- Re: [gpsd-dev] The agony, the ecstacy, the NTP documentation, Eric S. Raymond, 2013/10/19
- Re: [gpsd-dev] PPS and privilege-dropping, Eric S. Raymond, 2013/10/19