[arch-general] Leap seconds ntp and chrony?

Kevin Chadwick ma1l1ists at yahoo.co.uk
Mon Jul 2 18:58:24 EDT 2012


> > My setup was with dcron and ntp.
> 
> Considering servers don't get chance to run the RTC battery down. I've
> never understood why everyone uses NTP which is an unneeded
> security risk anyway (OpenBSDs ain't bad). Do we think, in 1938-1945 men
> couldn't synchronise watches without NTP? Saves checking I suppose but
> that's it or does it?
> 

I accept there are some dodgy RTCs or perhaps old unreliable ones but
do you run NTP or replace the server?

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