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Why are people joining VMs to the NTP pool? These servers should be identified by address space and blacklisted.
by feld 10y ago
Why are people joining VMs to the NTP pool? These servers should be identified by address space and blacklisted.
- foota 10y agoWhy?
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- therein 10y agoBecause VMs themselves might not be able to keep track of time accurately (potentially inconsistent tickrate) the way that a bare-metal setup would be able to. That's why they should be mere consumers (as in sync their time to whatever the remote says rather than contribute to the pool).
- feld 10y agoCorrect, unless you have a very specific VM configuration where you are truly dedicating a CPU/core to a VM, it's not fit for being an NTP server.