Hi,

Got one question:

>>>>> reference time:    cd0c473b.73087696  Mon, Jan  5 2009  9:45:47.449
>>>>> ( http://nmi.nl/index.php?pageId=1215&lg=nl )
>>>> A wireshark capture shows that it sends a bogu reftime ...
>>>> Reference Clock Update Time: Jan  5, 2009 08:45:47,4493 UTC
>>
>> Does a valid NTP source need to set the reftime to something valid? Does
>> the ntp spec say so?
>       Yes.
>       Quote 'Time when the system clock was last set or corrected,
>               in NTP timestamp format' unquote.

So this can be years in the past? If so: why is ntpdate then refusing
this server? Is it because of the huge root dispersion?

>>>> Root Dispersion:    3,9689 sec
...
>> So optimally that should be 0?
>> Is there a limit defined in the ntp spec?
>       MAXDIST. 1 second in the reference implementation, which
>       is a bit generous.

like bigger than the 1 second in the ref.impl.?


Folkert van Heusden

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