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bug#27759: NTP pool vendor zone
From: |
Ludovic Courtès |
Subject: |
bug#27759: NTP pool vendor zone |
Date: |
Wed, 19 Jul 2017 22:40:20 +0200 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.2 (gnu/linux) |
Leo Famulari <address@hidden> skribis:
> Currently our ntp-service uses the top-level NTP pool servers [0]:
>
> (define %ntp-servers
> ;; Default set of NTP servers.
> '("0.pool.ntp.org"
> "1.pool.ntp.org"
> "2.pool.ntp.org"))
>
> However, the NTP Pool project requests that operating system vendors
> (that's us!) don't use these servers directly [1]:
Oops! I had read about this before and then forgot.
> They recommend we apply for a vendor zone instead [2]. We would not have
> to run our own NTP servers.
>
> Does anyone know if GNU or the FSF have a vendor zone we could use?
> Otherwise, we should apply for one and adjust our ntp-service.
Apparently 1.gnu.pool.ntp.org does not exist, so I suppose we can apply
for one.
I’ll email the GNU maintainer list to let them know and double-check.
Thanks,
LUdo’.