On 1/25/07, Tony Hoyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anything that requires config file changes basically isn't going to be > implemented by 99% of admins & won't solve anything in the short/medium > term. Remember these are mostly people who've used the default pool.org > in their config and probably think that covers them forever.
Agreed, but adding a "spare" keword wouldn't require any configuraiton file changes; it could be an optional per-server modifier like "prefer" or "iburst". > I like the idea of having a backoff to 24 hours. Solves a lot of > traffic problems (not just pool ones) and is probably a simple change. The latest SNTP v4 RFC has some good info about polling times and the kiss-o-death packet: http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/database/rfc/rfc4330.txt However, it would have been nice if some of those SHOULDs were MUSTs. The suggestion of exponential backoff is great, but it would have been better if a specific "back off to at least 2**16 seconds for an unreachable server". -- RPM ========================= All problems can be solved by diplomacy, but violence and treachery are equally effective, and more fun. -Anonymous _______________________________________________ timekeepers mailing list [email protected] https://fortytwo.ch/mailman/cgi-bin/listinfo/timekeepers
