> You can't test a server for smearieness. It wouldn't surprise me if some of > them turn out to be getting time from google servers or something similar.
True, but you *can* see which upstream time source has been selected for a NTP server. Ask went through the pool servers last leap-second and contacted all the owners that were returning a Google IP as their primary time source to get them to change their configuration. Likewise, said servers that weren't reconfigured in time were pulled out of rotation during the event to prevent any issues. So there *were* some preventative measures taken. AFAIK, the only *big* public time services that do leap-smearing are Google & Amazon. Yes, I know a person *can* configure their own NTP server to do smearing too.... But if that one second is mission critical, then you are probably taking a lot more care choosing upstream time sources. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.
