Can't resolve time.nist.gov

Posted by emin-gun-sirer on Monday April 20, 2015 @08:48AM
from the self-post dept.

The popular NTP server time.nist.gov is having DNS problems, at least from our vantage point on the US east coast. For us, this has meant that regularly scheduled security reports could not be sent, but there may be other consequences. Now is a good time to check your NTP settings and designate redundant time servers.

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Re:Can't resolve time.nist.gov by creyes123 on Monday April 20, 2015 @08:59AM (#9407724)

Try http://time.gov

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Re:Can't resolve time.nist.gov by emin-gun-sirer on Monday April 20, 2015 @09:07AM (#9407767)

Thanks, indeed, there are many alternative NTP servers [1]. But I believe time.nist.gov is the default time server during Ubuntu installation, so there are many hosts that depend entirely on time.nist.gov.

[1] http://www.pool.ntp.org/en/

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