[ntp:questions] Domain Time II/alternative software

Brad Knowles brad at stop.mail-abuse.org
Wed Jul 20 18:50:57 UTC 2005


At 1:54 PM -0400 2005-07-20, derek.flake at bell.ca wrote:

>  Other than the fact that it isn't free, what is the difference between
>  Domain Time II software by Symmetricom, and the NTP Daemon v4.2.0a from
>  ntp.org.

	It looks to me like a completely proprietary product, of which 
NTP is just one of a multitude of protocols they support.  Given 
that, it's impossible to tell just how accurate they can really keep 
the time sync, how well they can interoperate, etc....

	You have to decide what it is that you're looking for, and figure 
out which product best meets those needs.  Personally, I wouldn't 
touch it with a ten foot pole, but that's just a personal opinion.

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