Steve Allen scripsit: > Bulletin C is *not* a workable system, it's a 19th century scheme, > and the NTP servers of the world are hurting as a result.
Following the links suggests that the problem had to do with tier-0 clocks. It looks like NTP should be modified to apply a Byzantine-generals algorithm at each potential leap second to decide whether one is really happening or not. > Whether or not you want to keep leap seconds, please update this > scheme so that it conforms to 21st century notions of operational > with better availability than the hpiers.obspm.fr webserver and > verifiable and non-repudiable authoritative content. Verifiable, fine. But non-repudiable? Do you actually suppose that IERS will schedule a leap second and then announce that they never did anything of the kind, such that it will be necessary to prove otherwise? I doubt it. -- Even a refrigerator can conform to the XML John Cowan Infoset, as long as it has a door sticker [EMAIL PROTECTED] saying "No information items inside". http://www.ccil.org/~cowan --Eve Maler _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
