On Thursday 17 May 2007 14.39:45 Alica CCS wrote: > People querying the global > pool may get a distant server and inaccurate time (maybe error of a sec?) > Shouldn't the project do something to correct this? Like IP-based zone > view for different countries. (the Akamai way)
I haven't repeated my mantra for some months, so here's a good opportunity :-) ntpd copes with very bad network. You almost always can get better than 20ms accuracy over a loaded asymmetrical DSL line. So, technically speaking, there is no need for the pool to optimise anything on that front - if you need better accuracy, don't use the pool as it is not designed to provide that good time. (and even with a time offset of 10s, I'd not usually notice it. Would you?) Obviously, it's a technical challenge, and if we can do it, why not do it? But always keep in mind that's a part of the project that's done "because we can" :-) cheers -- vbi -- Today is Setting Orange, the 67th day of Discord in the YOLD 3173
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