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Date:      Sat, 30 Apr 2016 13:52:21 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de>
To:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-16:16.ntp
Message-ID:  <slrnni9e4l.27hm.naddy@lorvorc.mips.inka.de>
References:  <20160429082953.DB31D1769@freefall.freebsd.org> <9e6342a420259fec7bd21d6222cc6e05@zahemszky.hu> <1461929003.67736.2.camel@yandex.com> <CINIP100NTSBSRqf69a0000002a@cinip100ntsbs.irtnog.net> <BABF8C57A778F04791343E5601659908237051@cinip100ntsbs.irtnog.net> <201604300015.u3U0FB3k058050@lorvorc.mips.inka.de>

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On 2016-04-29, Roger Marquis <marquis@roble.com> wrote:

>> While I cannot speak for anyone other than myself, the two simply aren't
>> equivalent.  As a conscious design choice, OpenNTPD trades off accuracy
>> for code simplicity.
>
> IIRC openntpd is accurate down to ~100ms.

I have no idea where you get that absurd number from.  OpenNTPD is
accurate at least down to 1 ms.  I don't have better time sources.


$ ntpctl -sa
1/1 peers valid, clock synced, stratum 2

peer
   wt tl st  next  poll          offset       delay      jitter
2001:6f8:124a::8 ntp
 *  1 10  1  250s 1506s        -0.193ms     0.493ms     0.067ms

-- 
Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de



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