[ntp:questions] Why can't clocks do inital synchronization?

David J Taylor david-taylor at blueyonder.neither-this-bit.nor-this-bit.co.uk
Tue Jan 6 16:37:57 UTC 2009


jimp at specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
[]
> What planet do you people live on?
>
> I have one client that will not even allow Windows critical security
> updates to be installed until a extensive formal test is done to
> "prove" the updates won't effect operations.
>
> This is hardly a unique operation.

Well, I can appreciate that makes sense, as I have known some updates to 
affect normal operations, although in those circumstances I used to 
recommend separate PCs for Internet operations.

I don't recall ever seeing a report of NTP causing problems with normal 
operations.

David 




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