'stop flogging Microsoft for their decade and a half of shoddy implementation of internet time, their latest iteration finally works!'
Haha that's a good one. On Mon., 4 Feb. 2019, 6:18 pm Paul Gear, <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2/2/19 3:15 pm, Robert Hudson wrote: > > I say this as a long-time (since NT3.51) Windows sysadmin... > > > > On Sat, 2 Feb. 2019, 12:31 pm O'Connor, Daniel > > <darius-3tTUuF3Go8e6c6uEtOJ/[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On 2 Feb 2019, at 11:48, Mark Smith > > <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > The problem that occurred with 0.au.pool.ntp.org > > <http://0.au.pool.ntp.org> proving bad time > > > wouldn't have had an effect if the Windows domain controller had at > > > least 2 other NTP time sources. > > > > The behaviour of OPs system implies that a PDC does not use more > > than one clock source. > > > > If that is true (I have no idea, but googling suggests it may be so) > > then you are going to end up relying on a single time server. In > > that case you are probably better firing up a tiny Linux VM running > > only ntpd (or chrony etc etc) which is configured for multiple pool > > servers and then point your DCs at that. > > > > It does seem pretty ridiculous than Windows server can't behave more > > sensibly though.. > > > > > > The time service is the area where I felt Windows lagged significantly > > behind Linux more than any other. Why Microsoft still haven't adopted > > standardised tzdata and proper NTP is still, frankly, beyond me. The > > issues the Windows time services still cause are crazy... > > > I never thought I'd be the one doing this, but please, everyone - get > more accurate information before you bag Microsoft's time services. > They've made a lot of strides forward, and have offered a proper NTP > implementation since Server 2016: > > > https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/networking/windows-time-service/accurate-time > > Paul > _______________________________________________ > AusNOG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog >
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