>The only "trick" around this, is to use a TCP-based VPN tunnel to a >point outside the firewall, and forward your queries through this. >However, a "solution" like this will add a VARIABLE latency on your >packets, giving you (in reality) a worse clock than using the internal >CMOS one.
A ntp setup using the tunneled clock may have worse short term stability but it will have better long term stability. Without some sort of external reference a CMOS clock will just keep drifting farther and farther away from the truth. | -- These are my opinions, not necessarily my employer's. I hate spam. _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
