On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 12:01 PM, Ask Bjørn Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Isn't http://www.nist.gov also a US Government time source? They >> have a list >> of ACT time servers they have placed around the country. > > I've sometimes been monitoring those in the pool system. Let's say > I'd highly recommend supplementing with a few pool hostnames. :-)
The NIST and USNO servers - or at least their networks - have enormous traffic are overloaded for the most part. That being the case, is GPS itself an official US government time source? I would think so, since it is run by DoD and synchronized to USNO, right? WWV(B) radio as well? Assuming GPS or is an official source, would getting *authenticated* timestamps from a third-party's GPS-synchronized NTP server be good enough to meet Irene's regulatory obligations? If it is good enough, asking the operator of a pool GPS server to exchange keys might be the easiest solution. -- RPM _______________________________________________ timekeepers mailing list [email protected] https://fortytwo.ch/mailman/cgi-bin/listinfo/timekeepers
