[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > According to: > http://tinyurl.com/ft435 > and > http://tinyurl.com/fh8uz > > In Windows 2003 SP1 and later, a full NTPv3 implementation with NTPv4 > algoritmic enhancements is used. Windows Time Service is apparently no > longer just SNTP, at least on the servier side. [] > Incidentally, I recently configured a Windows 2003 SP1 server with the > same time sources as I use for ntpd, and set up monitoring. It seems > to maintain accuracy within a couple of milliseconds relative to my > NTP v4 box after a few hours. This surprises me. Perhaps Windows 2003 > SP1 finally provides "real" NTP. I am planning on a more thorough > test of Windows 2003's Time Service soon. I don't have a local > refclock, so I will probably be doing a long term test comparing ntpd > and Windows Time using the same set of Stratum-1 servers.
So a mixture of bad news and good news! I'm pleased if they are now using "proper NTP". I don't use athentication myself, so I can't comment further. Thanks for the information, though. If (like me) you don't care for tinyURLs without the true links: http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/Library/71e76587-28f4-4272-a3d7-7f44ca50c0181033.mspx http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/Library/b43a025f-cce2-4c82-b3ea-3b95d482db3a1033.mspx David _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
