NTP Pool Time Servers
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Servers/NTPPoolServers pool.ntp.org uses DNS round robin to make a random selection from a pool of time servers who have volunteered to be in the pool. This is usually good enough for end-users. The minimal ntpd configuration file (e.g. /etc/ntpd.conf ) for using pool.ntp.org is: driftfile /var/lib/ntp/ntp.driftserver 0.pool.ntp.orgserver 1.pool.ntp.orgserver 2.pool.ntp.orgserver 3.pool.ntp.org Any questions about the pool.ntp.org server pool should be directed either to the pool mailing list or to the comp.protocols.time.ntp usenet newsgroup. Time server operators are encouraged to visit the NTP Pool web-site to find out how they can join the NTP pool. The NTP Pool DNS system automatically picks time servers which are geographically close for you, but if you want to choose explicitly, there are sub-zones of pool.ntp.org. The “continent” ones are: Area: HostName: Worldwide pool.ntp.org Asia asia.pool.ntp.org Europe europe.pool.nt...