<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Achim is right, the ToS and documentation for <a href="http://pool.ntp.org">pool.ntp.org</a> forbids vendors from using <a href="http://pool.ntp.org">pool.ntp.org</a> as a default or a hardcoded entry.<br><br></div>I have submitted an application for a vendor pool named <a href="http://ntpsec.pool.ntp.org">ntpsec.pool.ntp.org</a><br><br></div>In the meantime, our hardcoded default should be #1 "locked down do nothing", and our reference example configuration should refer to <a href="http://ntpsec.pool.ntp.org">ntpsec.pool.ntp.org</a>, and hopefully NTPsec emits sane error messages if it's started before that DNS entry is created.<br><br></div><div>Thank you for your feedback Achim. You helped us avoid a misstep there.<br><br></div>..m<br><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 12:47 PM Achim Gratz via devel <<a href="mailto:devel@ntpsec.org">devel@ntpsec.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Eric S. Raymond via devel writes:<br>
> I think the global pool name is a special case here. Why are they advertising<br>
> that service if not to be used in exactly this way?<br>
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No, I think their rule (and no, you don't get to redefine it) is that if<br>
you wanted to have a hardcoded/default pool association you'd have to<br>
ask them for an ntpsec pool. That might be a possibility, but probably<br>
not an immediate one.<br>
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Achim.<br>
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