> Listen to this, your ISP would run 3 ntpservers, each one at the > bottom of an independent pyramid. Each one of the 3 servers could > even be at the bottom of 3 independant pyramids for a total of 9 > independent pyramids. So there you go, that's all you need to > prevent against false tickers. No need for a whole bunch of messy > cross-links between the pyramids in my humble opinion.
If this happens at every stratum, that *is* cross-links; the pyramids aren't independent. If it doesn't happen at every stratum, what's magic about the strata where it does? Why doesn't it count as "a whole bunch of messy cross-links" when every provider does this? I sure have trouble seeing the difference. > I have been designing failsafe network communication architecture for > very large projects and beleive me, ntp is a big mess right now. Very large projects where the entire communication network architecture is imposed top-down by the designer(s)? That'll never fly for NTP. NTP needs something that can be independently managed at all levels, including joining and leaving. /~\ The ASCII der Mouse \ / Ribbon Campaign X Against HTML [EMAIL PROTECTED] / \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B _______________________________________________ timekeepers mailing list [email protected] https://fortytwo.ch/mailman/cgi-bin/listinfo/timekeepers
