[PLUG] Tuning the time

Mike Witt mike at computer-arts.net
Sat Sep 21 01:50:15 UTC 2002


Anthony Schlemmer wrote:
> 
> Isn't it better to access a server by name rather than IP address? I
> know I saw more than a few servers that recommended using the name in
> case the IP address ever changed when I was going through the list of
> public stratum 1 and 2 time servers in the NTP documentation.
> 
> Tony

I think you could make an argument either way. Security-wise it
can be better to use an address, and I think that's why I
got in the habit of doing it that way in all my config files. But
I don't claim there's any reason to use the addresses instead of 
names in ntp.conf. I just happen to do it like that.

-Mike



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