[ntp:questions] Re: Initial Setting

mgrd mgrd at gmx.net
Mon Apr 25 21:05:28 UTC 2005


David Schwartz wrote:
> "mgrd" <mgrd at gmx.net> wrote in message 
>>why not run `netdate' before starting xntpd to sync first?
> 
> That assumes you can find usable servers. 

True.
But where is the difference between finding a usable server while
running `netdate' and while/after starting xntpd (regardless if while
bootstrapping or afterwards).

> There's also the problem that 
> RFC868 is internally inconsistent and not sufficient to document a usable 
> time protocol.

Hmm, I just read RFC868.
I can't get the inconsistency. Could you give me a hint?
But the insufficiency is obvious since it's no very detailed.

But where's the relationship between this and the problem of the OP?

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