Re: NTP Sync Issue Across Tata (Europe)

2023-08-05 Thread Mel Beckman
Bill, That still leaves you open to NTP attacks. The USNO accuracy and monitoring is worthless if you suffer, for example, an NTP DDoS attack. [ddos-lc.png] NTP amplification DDoS

Re: NTP Sync Issue Across Tata (Europe)

2023-08-05 Thread William Herrin
On Sat, Aug 5, 2023 at 12:26 PM Mel Beckman wrote: > You might consider setting up your own GPS-based NTP network. GPS time is monitored (and when necessary, adjusted) from the U.S. Naval Observatory Master Clock, which is -the- authoritative time source for the United States. The USNO also

Re: NTP Sync Issue Across Tata (Europe)

2023-08-05 Thread Rubens Kuhl
If the path has simmetric one way latencies you don't have to pick a lower latency faulty one. Perhaps creating a selection at startup and then using that collection ? Rubens Em sáb., 5 de ago. de 2023 12:42, Mark Tinka escreveu: > Hi all. > > I have NTP servers in Europe that are choosing

Re: NTP Sync Issue Across Tata (Europe)

2023-08-05 Thread Mel Beckman
Mark, You might consider setting up your own GPS-based NTP network. Commercial Ethernet GPS-sourced NTP servers, such as the Time Machines, TM1000A, are as little as $400. Or you can roll your own using a Raspberry Pi or similar nano computer with a GPS module and antenna. We use these

Re: NTP Sync Issue Across Tata (Europe)

2023-08-05 Thread Mark Tinka
On 8/5/23 20:17, Chris Adams wrote: It's the NTP pool people you need to talk to - the .freebsd. bit is just a vendored entry into the pool (more for load tracking and management). Yes, Andreas clarified in unicast. Will do. Thanks. Mark.

Re: NTP Sync Issue Across Tata (Europe)

2023-08-05 Thread Chris Adams
Once upon a time, Mark Tinka said: > On 8/5/23 19:51, Andreas Ott wrote: > >See for yourself how his pool server scores at > >https://www.ntppool.org/scores/197.224.66.40 > > > >I am not sure why it would be inserted into DNS answers for a > >worldwide pool like 0.freebsd as it clearly does have

Re: NTP Sync Issue Across Tata (Europe)

2023-08-05 Thread Mark Tinka
On 8/5/23 19:51, Andreas Ott wrote: See for yourself how his pool server scores at https://www.ntppool.org/scores/197.224.66.40 I am not sure why it would be inserted into DNS answers for a worldwide pool like 0.freebsd as it clearly does have connectivity issues from some of the pool

Re: NTP Sync Issue Across Tata (Europe)

2023-08-05 Thread Andreas Ott
See for yourself how his pool server scores at https://www.ntppool.org/scores/197.224.66.40 I am not sure why it would be inserted into DNS answers for a worldwide pool like 0.freebsd as it clearly does have connectivity issues from some of the pool project's own sensors. -andreas On Sat, Aug 5,

Re: NTP Sync Issue Across Tata (Europe)

2023-08-05 Thread Mark Tinka
On 8/5/23 18:30, Matthew McGehrin wrote: Hi Mark. Wouldn't a local server be more optimal? IE: server 0.nl.pool.ntp.org server 1.nl.pool.ntp.org server 2.nl.pool.ntp.org server 3.nl.pool.ntp.org I have a bunch of servers all over Europe I'd

Re: NTP Sync Issue Across Tata (Europe)

2023-08-05 Thread Matthew McGehrin
Hi Mark. Wouldn't a local server be more optimal? IE: server 0.nl.pool.ntp.org server 1.nl.pool.ntp.org server 2.nl.pool.ntp.org server 3.nl.pool.ntp.org Or for Africa server 0.za.pool.ntp.org server 1.za.pool.ntp.org server

NTP Sync Issue Across Tata (Europe)

2023-08-05 Thread Mark Tinka
Hi all. I have NTP servers in Europe that are choosing Tata (6453) to get to 0.freebsd.pool.ntp.org which lives on 197.224.66.40: traceroute -I 0.freebsd.pool.ntp.org traceroute to 0.freebsd.pool.ntp.org (197.224.66.40), 64 hops max, 48 byte packets  1  ae-2-24.er-01-ams.nl.seacomnet.com