Okay. That clarifies my thinking. I was just looking at it, as if all the ntp.org servers in the pool vanished overnight (Blame Zombies - lol), would it have a material impact on the world. Or would time keep on ticking right along as admins slowly curse ntp.org and find alternatives.
On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 5:08 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" <[email protected]>wrote: > I was wondering, how many people, businesses, etc depend on the Public >> NTP Pool vs. private NTP servers? >> > > I don't think this can be realistically described as "vs.". Instead, all > time servers (pool or private) ultimately depend on stratum 1 servers, > which, in turn, ultimately depend on government atomic clocks (either the > official time standard, or secondary services such as GPS). > > So this entire infrastructure really is a public service in its core. > > Breaking it further down is inherently difficult. Some organizations may > synchronize entire networks indirectly from the pool, e.g. by having > a Windows doain controller synchronize with the pool, and then distribute > time locally. Would you account that as depending on the > pool, or using private NTP servers? > > Regards, > Martin >
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