[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Steve Kostecke wrote:
>> Forcing ntpd to poll someone elses' time server every 64 seconds is
>> considered abusive.
> 
> He was talking about use on the local LAN, in which case,
> polling frequency is a non-issue.
> 

It's never a non-issue. You are making assumptions about algorithms that
you know nothing about.

>>> driftfile /etc/ntp.drift
>>> enable auth
> 
> I actually got burned by this.  I had someone set up a fake
> stratum 1 server with a "peer" statement in their configuration
> and fed me bad time.  I specify it anyway just to be safe.
> 

A proper configuration with 4-5 servers would have kicked this out as an
outlyer. You should never use just one server otherwise you get what you
configure,

Danny
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