[ntp:questions] ***SPAM*** Re: Bad NTP servers jeopardizing the pool.ntp.org initiative
Richard B. gilbert
rgilbert88 at comcast.net
Mon Mar 26 13:36:31 UTC 2007
Hal Murray wrote:
>>You don't want to re-resolve anything unless you use up all the
>>addresses you've already retrieved. We don't do this today and I intend
>>to fix.
>
>
> I smell a bottomless pit, but it might be appropriate to
> check the DNS info occasionally. NTP servers are often
> up for a long time - long enough that the systems they are
> using might get renumbered and such.
>
It has been a few years since I last operated a DNS server but ISTR that
DNS records have a Time To Live (TTL) associated with them and systems
don't get "renumbered" often! At least systems with static addresses
don't get renumbered often. If a server is using broadband cable or
ADSL, it may not have a static IP address but, once again, its address
is not likely to change while it's up and running.
If there is a problem reaching a server, one might try re-resolving its
address but that is by no means the first thing I'd try.
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