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A heuristic approach: Why having at least three NTP servers for a client?

April 26, 2017approach client heuristic NTP servers

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A heuristic approach: Why having at least three NTP servers for a client?

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> With one server you can’t know whether the reported time is good. > With two servers you can find out if both servers agree on the time. > Beginning with three servers cou can make bets which server is more likely > to report the correct time 😉 > > Maybe this non-technical explanation helps a littele bit…