I fully agree with comment 6 by Perry E. Metzger. Switching to ntp pool
should not be a security issue as bad servers are automatically filtered
from the pool. Additionally, bad servers are detected by the NTP
algorithm if enough servers are selected (they are called
falsetickers, see
To push it a bit I requested a vendor zone in the pool. I should get an
answer within 3 days and will let you know.
I hope it will help this bug forward.
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default ntp.conf should use pool.ntp.org servers
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/104525
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I got this answer today:
Sorry about the late response. I really wanted someone from the
ubuntu project to set it up -- but I guess that's not forthcoming, so I
approved the zone anyway and we'll see what happens.
And in another email:
Your vendor pool zone ubuntu has been setup. The
Here is a proposal patch for ntp.conf. I left the ntp.ubuntu.com
server...
I also contacted the server team admin, but I don't know who is the ntp
maintainer exactly.
** Patch added: patched ntp.conf
I had nearly forgotten about ntp-servers-list.c. Here is a patch, but I
don't know how to format it best…
** Patch added: patched ntp-servers-list.c
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ntp/+bug/104525/+attachment/1803799/+files/ntp-servers-list.c.diff
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