Package: ntp-server
Version: 1:4.2.0a+stable-8.1
Severity: wishlist
Currently ntp.conf chips with a single server entry for 'pool.ntp.org'.
The pool project documentation[0] suggests the following setup:
server 0.pool.ntp.org
server 1.pool.ntp.org
server 2.pool.ntp.org
The set of servers that 0, 1 and 2 each resolve to is shuffled every
hour. This way, ntpd will always end up with three time sources to
choose from; this will improve the accuracy of ntpd for users who use
the default configuration.
Comments in the config could encourage the user to narrow the server
selection to {0,1,2}.$zone.pool.ntp.org, where $zone is chosen from
<http://www.pool.ntp.org/zone>.
[0] http://www.pool.ntp.org/use.html
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (530, 'testing'), (520, 'unstable'), (510, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-k7
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages ntp-server depends on:
ii ntp 1:4.2.0a+stable-8.1 Network Time Protocol: network uti
ii ntp-simple 1:4.2.0a+stable-8.1 Network Time Protocol: daemon for
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