[TriLUG] Speaking of ntp: that would be a great service for T rilug to provide.

[Turnpike Man]

I like the idea of TriLUG hosting Stratum 2 ntp for the area... as it does seem
there are very few in NC.  This could extend outside the reach of "members
only" access.  I think it's certainly worth a discussion.  I'd use
time.trilug.org as my primary if we had it, and pick a few others for backups. 
If TriLUG's was even only semi public, we'd surely have more than 100 clients
in a short period of time, allowing us to register with Stratum 1 time
machines.  Food for thought.

David M.

--- Jaimie Livingston wrote:
> I am only aware of 1 public Stratum 1 (terrapin.csc.ncsu.edu) and 1
> semi-public Stratum 2 (clock1.unc.edu) in North Carolina. I currently use
> the Stratum 2 servers at VT-Blacksburg in VA (ntp-1.vt.edu and
> ntp-2.vt.edu). I've found a few other NTP servers in the US that I can use,
> but I've found that most Stratum 2 server operators are now implementing
> regional or community access restrictions. If there are other open public
> servers, I didn't find them in the Mills' Public NTP Lists, but I also
> havn't look closely in a few months.
> 
> Wouldn't it be within TriLUG's charter to provide a Stratum 2 server to the
> community at large, not just TriLUG'ers. It would be a reasonable service to
> provide, and has the potential to give the group a larger exposure to the
> business community that would take advantage of the server. Assuming that we
> have somewhere to host the server...
> 
> Just a penny's worth...
> 
> Jaimie
> 


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