Python ntpq

[Hal Murray]

> OTOH, I think "sensible upper limit" is reasonable to try.  What would you
> propose?  Is there any way to gather statistics on the length distribution
> of hostmes, so we can set a threshold that handles 95% of cases? 

We could write a script that does DNS lookups on the pool servers, reverses 
those addresses, and then does whatever statistics you want.  You will get 
different statistics if you do/don't eliminate duplicates.

A quick poking around finds things like
  c-24-15-80-185.hsd1.il.comcast.net
  4e.f4.36a9.ip4.static.sl-reverse.com

I don't have any IPv6 examples handy.

How about you set things up for 25 or 30 and we can see how that feels while 
I collect data?

Another approach would be to make it big enough for the worst case IPv6 
numerical printout.


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