[ntp:questions] shm and reach

2009-05-08 Thread Matthew Lee
Hi, I'm trying to use ntpd with gpsd on a linux system, but am unable to get ntpd to update my system clock. I'm using the first SHM segment only (127.127.80.0) and do not have a PPS signal available. I know that gpsd is running, has a 3D fix and is writing into the SHM segment. Running

[ntp:questions] autokey IFF client setup

2009-05-08 Thread Victor Jesus Angus
NTP client was not able to detect the IFF config files because the crypto_flags in crypto_setup() shows the following line crypto_setup: setup 0x80001 host myclient md5WithRSAEncryption I'm using 4.2.5p158 and have the following configurations. $ cat /etc/ntp.conf server myserver.domain.com

[ntp:questions] ntp-keygen and openssl

2009-05-08 Thread Victor Jesus Angus
If on the NTP client only host, there is no ntp-keygen but openssl is available, what are the equivalent openssl commands to generate certificates with the Schnorr (IFF) scheme? Thanks. Victor ___ questions mailing list

Re: [ntp:questions] Gretchen - in regard to CertifiedTime it never died...

2009-05-08 Thread Todd Glassey CISM CIFI
Danny Mayer wrote: Todd Glassey CISM CIFI wrote: Gretchen Baxter wrote: thanx! in that case, this is good news for everyone in the timing community. We think so - and as CertifiedTime's original founder I am overjoyed to turn CertifiedTime's services back online. The

Re: [ntp:questions] 500ppm - is it too small?

2009-05-08 Thread David Woolley
David J Taylor wrote: David Woolley wrote: [] A reasonable expectation of a cheap crystal is 50ppm static plus 10ppm temperature dependent. When one gets 500ppm it suggests the problem is rather worse than poor crystal tolerancing. I am inclined to agree. One reference I found was this:

Re: [ntp:questions] 500ppm - is it too small?

2009-05-08 Thread Hal Murray
In article 2mdml.25650$oo7.18...@text.news.virginmedia.com, David J Taylor david-tay...@blueyonder.not-this-part.nor-this.co.uk.invalid writes: I've recent been suggesting the Windows port of NTP as a program suitable for an application where the timekeeping needed to be within a second or

Re: [ntp:questions] 500ppm - is it too small?

2009-05-08 Thread David J Taylor
David Woolley wrote: David J Taylor wrote: [] http://www.maxim-ic.com/appnotes.cfm/an_pk/3566 This seems to suggest crystals have quadratic temperature dependency. My understanding is that normal cuts have cubic dependency. Of course, 32kHz crystals are often cut for wrist watch use, and

Re: [ntp:questions] GPS-UTC Leap Corrections

2009-05-08 Thread cjc
On May 6, 4:33 pm, John Hasler j...@dhh.gt.org wrote: rob writes:: Depending on where you want to see that UTC value, you could maybe define a UTC timezone with a 15 second offset. Of course time() would still return GPS, but the displayed time in applications would be UTC. Hal Murray

Re: [ntp:questions] autokey IFF client setup

2009-05-08 Thread David Mills
Victor, See the cryptotype table on the Authentication Options page. If a client needs IFF identity, all it needs is the IFF parameters file; the rest is automatic. Dave Victor Jesus Angus wrote: Further reading Authentication Options and stime.pdf, is it safe to say that given the setup

Re: [ntp:questions] GPS-UTC Leap Corrections

2009-05-08 Thread David Mills
Steve, The latest ITU document prolongs the status quo. Required reading for folks wanting to weigh in on this isse is Nelson, R.A., et all. The leap second: its history and possible future. Metrologia, 2001, 38, 509-529. Dave Steve Allen wrote: On May 6, 4:33 pm, John Hasler j...@dhh.gt.org

[ntp:questions] NTP 4.2.4p7-RC6 Released

2009-05-08 Thread NTP Public Services Project
Redwood City, CA - 2009/05/08 - The NTP Public Services Project (http://support.ntp.org/) is pleased to announce that NTP 4.2.4p7-RC6, a Release Candidate of the NTP Reference Implementation from the NTP Project, is now available at http://www.ntp.org/downloads.html and

Re: [ntp:questions] autokey IFF client setup

2009-05-08 Thread David Mills
Victor, Apparently, you are following advice on other than the online/development documentation, but I can only speak from the latter. I reread the authentication options and ntp-keygen pages looking for possibly misleading directions and believe the prose is correct. The colorful example on

Re: [ntp:questions] ntp-keygen and openssl

2009-05-08 Thread David Mills
Victor, Look in the ntp-geygen source file. See the gen_iff() routine. Look in the ntp_crypto.c file for the crypto_alice(), crypto_bob() and crypto_iff() routines. Dave Victor Jesus Angus wrote: If on the NTP client only host, there is no ntp-keygen but openssl is available, what are the