Re: [c-nsp] NTP Servers

2012-07-01 Thread PC
Many folks have more than just windows desktop PCs syncing their time. If your application requires sub-5 second accuracy, (such as end of a banking day), then Windows NTP is unsuitable for the purpose. If your only objective is to sync the times on a bunch of user laptops so they can get

Re: [c-nsp] NTP Servers

2012-07-01 Thread Jimmy Hess
On 7/1/12, PC paul4...@gmail.com wrote: If your application requires sub-5 second accuracy, (such as end of a banking day), then Windows NTP is unsuitable for the purpose. Looks like CYA on Microsoft's part. That i've seen, Windows NTP in physical environments with a hardware system clock not

RE: [c-nsp] NTP Servers

2012-06-30 Thread Keith Medcalf
those. The beauty of most appliances is that they're easy to manage. If it fails, download the latest ISO from company, burn it, boot appliance, restore it and you're back in business in an hour or so. Keep in mind a linux kernel running just ntpd and some management necessities like ssh

RE: [c-nsp] NTP Servers

2012-06-30 Thread Keith Medcalf
Or you can ask the it guys to use a windows server... Eg: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816042 That is a joke Jared? You left off the smiley. Windows doesn't do NTP out-of-the-box (Microsoft assertions to the contrary notwithstanding). You can build a reasonably working standard daemon,

Re: [c-nsp] NTP Servers

2012-06-30 Thread Grant Ridder
I don't understand why anyone would use windows server for anything that needed precision like time. On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 5:39 PM, Keith Medcalf kmedc...@dessus.com wrote: Or you can ask the it guys to use a windows server... Eg: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816042 That is a joke

Re: [c-nsp] NTP Servers

2012-06-30 Thread Peter Kristolaitis
You could have saved yourself a bit of typing by leaving off the last 5 words of that sentence. ;) - Pete On 6/30/2012 6:42 PM, Grant Ridder wrote: I don't understand why anyone would use windows server for anything that needed precision like time. On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 5:39 PM, Keith

Re: [c-nsp] NTP Servers

2012-06-30 Thread Jimmy Hess
On 6/30/12, Grant Ridder shortdudey...@gmail.com wrote: I don't understand why anyone would use windows server for anything that needed precision like time. Probably because they realize that in a Windows domain, their domain controllers already provide a SNTP service with the Windows NT PDC