[ntp:hackers] W32time precision restrictions

todd.glassey at att.net todd.glassey at att.net
Thu Sep 1 15:25:06 UTC 2005


Gentlefolk... this is EXACTLY why I keep hammering this group on the need for a set of uniform performance standards for NTP and how its host OS's treat it...

T.

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 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Thomas Nilsson" <thomas at certezza.net>
> Just to inform you, in May 2005 we found a restriction in the Windows
> NTP service W32Time that treat a NTP response with a precision value
> less than -30 as garbage. We have made Microsoft aware about the problem
> and lately they have reproduced it. They have not yet (August 2005)
> decided if they are going to fix it or not. 
> 
>    Regards /Thomas Nilsson
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