Re: [gpsd-dev] Moving ntpd to an open VCS

[Dave Taht]

On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 7:49 PM, Hal Murray <address@hidden> wrote:
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>> I saw that thread.  I was baffled that folks do not just hard code a few
>> trusted ntp servers by IP.
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> There is an interesting chicken-egg tangle here.
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> I think the key may be that ISPs should provide time servers for their
> customers, and announce it via DHCP or something similar that doesn't require
> manual intervention.

I think it's not widely understood that most distros provide their own
ntp servers to their clients and that the dhcp setting is often
ignored.

ntp.ubuntu.com, etc.

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