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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:ActiveDir-
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Teo De Las Heras
> Sent: 12 June 2006 18:23
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [ActiveDir] Time Server for Forest Root PDC
> 
> How have people on this list configured their Forest Root PDC to
> synchronize the time service?  Is it O.K. to use an internal time
> server on a firewall?  Is it best to point to tick.usno.navy.mil or
> time.windows.com?

I'm coming late to this party but that hasn't stopped me throwing in my
two pennies worth before...

We have our own atomic / radio clock here, physically attached to a DC.
The DC it is connected to syncs to this hardware and all our other
servers sync to this DC.

My feeling is that while having the correct time is obviously a very
good thing, what is more important is that all your nodes are consistent
with each other; in other words, I think that what source you pick is
less important than picking just one source and making damn sure every
node uses time that is based off this source.

-- 
Robert Moir
Microsoft MVP for Windows Servers & Security
Senior IT Systems Engineer
Luton Sixth Form College
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