[136364] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: quietly....
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu)
Wed Feb 2 14:43:31 2011
To: Antonio Querubin <tony@lava.net>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 02 Feb 2011 07:45:46 -1000."
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From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2011 14:42:14 -0500
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
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On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 07:45:46 -1000, Antonio Querubin said:
> On Wed, 2 Feb 2011, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote:
>
> > different networks, things don't always work so well. I may want to use
> > the DHCP-provided NTP servers at work, but syncing with a random NTP
> > server when I connect to a wifi hotspot is not such a great idea.
>
> It's not "random" if the network operator is providing it via DHCP is it?
If you're connecting at a Starbuck's, and you care more than "hopefully
somebody will tell me the right time within a minute", yes, it *is* essentially
random.
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