Re: Public Time Synchronization Servers

From: Odhiambo Washington (wash_at_wananchi.com)
Date: 09/30/03

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To: Christopher Raven <c.raven@uk.cian.net>

    * Christopher Raven <c.raven@uk.cian.net> [20030930 11:22]: wrote:
    > Ah just saw that you had tried from two, OK scratch my lest comment. Do
    > you have access to a machine off of your own network to try.. i.e. if
    > you are in a University Campus there try from a machine off the network.

    I am going to try from my friend's box in Hungary..

    > Perhaps an upstream Router / firewall is blocking time requests that you
    > are unaware of?

    Very possible. The test that we run here seem to suggest that.

    > If you do a traceroute to that server you can perhaps ask the ISP's at
    > each step to try that timeserver so you can see where it breaks. If you
    > ask they can only say no :)
    >

    Yes, I am already calling out upstream provider to get them to explain this
    to me. They are notorious for filtering ports!!

    -Wash 

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