full-disclosure - Windows Time Synchronization

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From: andfarm at teknovis.com (Andrew Farmer)
Subject: Windows Time Synchronization - Best Practices

On 24 Oct 2004, at 18:48, Gary E. Miller wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Oct 2004, Micheal Espinola Jr wrote:
>> You can certainly have multiple time servers specified with Windows
>> Time Service (SNTP).  RTM.  It has the ability to failover through a
>> list.
>
> Yes you can have multiple time servers, but only one active at a time.
> With NTP your client polls a number of diverse servers.  Routes can
> flap, servers can go wacko, but your time stays solid.

The canonical *NIX ntp client supports multiple active servers, if
that's what you're talking about.

No idea about Windows, though.
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