[ntp:questions] NNTP server causing large jumps in time

Ryan Malayter malayter at gmail.com
Sun May 4 13:22:18 UTC 2008


On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 12:30 PM, David L. Mills <mills at udel.edu> wrote:
> The iburst option is by serious intent not the default becaase serveral
> thousand ibursters ganging up on one or another NIST and/or USNO public
> servers would not be considered polite.

I agree, which is why I was challenging Steve's "always use iburst"
advice. I think Steve's advice should have read:
"Server lines should always use iburst if they refer to your *own*
servers, but should almost always *not* contain burst or iburst when
referring to someone else's servers".

-- 
RPM



More information about the questions mailing list