----- Original Message ----- > From: "Matthew Huff via Outages" <outages@outages.org>
> Of course. > > Like I stated in the original email, we don’t use NIST for time sync. We > actually have a GPS and a PTP feed. > > WE MUST, HOWEVER, VALIDATE OUR SYSTEM TIMES VERSUS THE INTERNET NIST SERVERS > VIA > FINRA REGULATIONS > > Yes, it is stupid > > No, it isn’t a good idea > > FINRA specifically state that we MUST run a comparison and log any differences > between our current time and Internet NIST servers. I have challenged them on > this a number of times, but with no luck. > > if we don’t want to get fined and prevented from trading, we have to follow > FINRA regulations.. Sure. Your system for this is correctly logging the failures *at the other end outside your administrative span of control*, correct? That's Force Majeure, as far as I can see; you can't compare to a server inaccessible through no fault of your own. Find the NANOG messages, print them out, sign and date, put in your logbook. If you're really worried, consult your inside counsel to see if there's anything else you can do. And surely FINRA itself has counsel for this, too? Oh, and let's take this to -discuss. :-) Cheers, -- jr '<admin/>' a -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink j...@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://www.bcp38.info 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 647 1274 _______________________________________________ Outages mailing list Outages@outages.org https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/outages
