[ntp:questions] Linux as clients not synching with Win/Tardis Time server

Danny Mayer mayer at ntp.isc.org
Mon Dec 10 02:38:58 UTC 2007


Hal Murray wrote:
>> Don't. Just have the Linux servers point to external servers like the
>> pool and then you don't have to change anything later. You are likely to
>> get better quality time service that way. Tardis is a bit short on
>> technical information so it's hard to tell what it does, how it does it
>> and how reliable the service is.
> 
> I thought that name rang a bell..
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTP_server_misuse_and_abuse#Tardis_and_Trinity_College.2C_Dublin
> 
> The seem to be short on clues as well as technical information.
> 

My knowledge of Tardis actually goes back to the mid-1990's when I was
pursuing something else. I did not get much information back then
either. I know about that incident too and we did get them to change the
way he was doing things.

Danny



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