[63332] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: NTP, possible solutions, and best implementation
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Lesher)
Fri Oct 3 11:54:18 2003
From: David Lesher <wb8foz@nrk.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu (nanog list)
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 11:50:32 -0400 (EDT)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0310031104180.4796-100000@login2.fas.harvard.edu> from "Scott McGrath" at Oct 03, 2003 11:18:01 AM
Reply-To: wb8foz@nrk.com
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Speaking on Deep Background, the Press Secretary whispered:
>
>
>
> Two relevant points on GPS/LORAN
>
> 1 - GPS has two positioning systems
>
> 1 - SPS Standard Positioning Service which is what all civillian
> uses of GPS utilize for positioning and timing uses and this can
> be degraded or disabled with no notice to the user community
> by the National Command Authority.
I do not believe this is still true. To get ICAO approval for
using GPS as a intl. standard; DoD had to sign a MOU to maintain
the service.
They did this because they figured how easy it was to jam locally,
vs take down an entire region.
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