On 24/04/06 18:44, Ryan Malayter wrote: > On 4/24/06, Simon Arlott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> You could always allow ISPs to override an "isp.pool.ntp.org" hostname... > > Wouldn't that still require end-user configuration? Incorrect end-user > configuration is the reason NIST's servers and other popular > stratum-1s get crushed with 5 Mbps or more of NTP traffic. End users > can't be expected to reliably figure out that "Qwest is my ISP, so I > should use qwest.pool.ntp.org", and then figure out what buttons to > press or which configuration file to edit to make that change > correctly.
You misunderstand. I meant literally "isp.pool.ntp.org" and then the ISP's caching nameservers add that hostname and claim to be authoritative. -- Simon Arlott
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