"We use these exclusively in data centers"
How well does GPS work inside the datacenter? ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mel Beckman" <m...@beckman.org> To: "Mark Tinka" <mark@tinka.africa> Cc: nanog@nanog.org Sent: Saturday, August 5, 2023 2:26:37 PM Subject: Re: NTP Sync Issue Across Tata (Europe) Mark, You might consider setting up your own GPS-based NTP network. Commercial Ethernet GPS-sourced NTP servers, such as the Time Machines, TM1000A, are as little as $400. Or you can roll your own using a Raspberry Pi or similar nano computer with a GPS module and antenna. We use these exclusively in data centers now rather than depending on Internet NTP servers, primarily for security, because financial transactions in e-commerce can be sensitive to false time information. There are also a variety of NTP-based Internet attacks, so if you can block NTP at your border you’ve eliminated another attack surface. -mel via cell > On Aug 5, 2023, at 11:22 AM, Mark Tinka <mark@tinka.africa> wrote: > > > >> On 8/5/23 20:17, Chris Adams wrote: >> >> It's the NTP pool people you need to talk to - the .freebsd. bit is just >> a vendored entry into the pool (more for load tracking and management). > > Yes, Andreas clarified in unicast. Will do. Thanks. > > Mark.
