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Isn't the whole point of the NTP pool that there isn't a single point of failure? (Assuming of course you're using multiple servers from the pool.)
by michaelmior 7y ago
Isn't the whole point of the NTP pool that there isn't a single point of failure? (Assuming of course you're using multiple servers from the pool.)
- jerf 7y agoIn a technical sense, yes. But privateSFacct is referring to non-technical single points of failure. Another example would be governmental capture of some chunk of the current NTP admins or something. An organization, by its nature, is vulnerable to some potential single point of failure. Low probability, sure, but having a competing organization ready to step in can actually help keep that probability low by keeping the focus on.
- privateSFacct 7y agoMost are still vulnerable to their domain going away, rouge admin, hacked admins, payment issues for a core service etc.