Is asychronous DNS lookup worth keeping at all?
Chris Johns
chrisj at ntpsec.org
Fri Dec 4 00:42:41 UTC 2015
On 12/04/15 10:48, Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> Interesting point. I had not considered the effect of DNS lookups
> during operation on jitter. I thought going synchronous would merely
> delay startup om most cases, and introduce some muild lag in the pool case
The start up case is just one and I think there are more I am yet to
figure out.
> - but maybe I don't know enough about the pool case
I spent a while talking to Hal about the pools and came to see I did not
know enough about it.
> Probably significantly more painful.
I tend to think so.
> OK, mend it rather than ending.
Yes and it will happen. I am sorry my available time at the moment is
limited with the school year ending and other work factors but it will
improve.
Chris
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