| 2004-09-07 | Server count hits 220. Please do not use OpenNTP as a server for the pool.ntp.org project [2004-12-15: Versions later than 3.6.1 do now properly report the stratum, though]. The monitoring system has been changed: it now uses simple ntp queries instead of 'ntpd' monitoring servers. {0,1,2}.pool.ntp.org subzones have been reintroduced. time.fortytwo.ch will be retired in the long run. Read more in the full announcement. |
| 2004-06-18 | Thanks to the efforts of Folkert van Heusden, you can see your timeserver's performance over the last 31 days. Current server count: 188 - probably mostly because Folkert got the pool.ntp.org project slashdotted. |
| 2004-03-19 | Current server count: 115. The ntp 4.2 packages in Debian GNU/Linux now use pool.ntp.org per default, and include an invitation to join the pool. A sidenote: some people have experienced problems when trying to reach me per mail. This is nothing personal, but as I've been flooded by spam, I now block some countries and some internet providers almost entirely. |
| 2004-01-09 | Xisco Lladó has published a long article about the project at http://bulma.net/body.phtml?nIdNoticia=1947 - thanks a lot! This caused a few more people to donate servers, so that we now count 106 servers in the project, with 10 servers in spain. |
| 2003-11-03 | There is a Spanish translation - thanks to Xisco Lladó. Also, I have installed an automatic rating mechanism, so that bad timeservers are automatically removed from the pool.ntp.org nameserver (an associated mailing list has also been created). Richard S. Shuford (Sun) sent me a note about how to configure nscd properly to work around the fact that it doesn't do proper round robin of DNS entries. I don't recommend the use of maxpoll 12 in ntp.conf anymore. As always: more information on the mailing list. |
| 2003-09-16 | The project now consists of 87 servers - thanks to all who participate. Also, nameservers in the US and in New Zealand will be added shortly. The mailing list has seen some discussions about monitoring server quality - I'll have to look at this problem more detail. Read the long version of these news in the mailing list archives. |
| 2003-03-27 | It's done! The project is now at pool.ntp.org. Also, country level subdomain are being created - the biggest (us) already has 18 servers, with ch (11) and nl (8) being the next biggest. Due to a problem with TCP nameserver requests, no more than 15 servers are visible at any moment in the zone. Debian developer Bdale Garbee considers using pool.ntp.org in the default configuration of the Debian ntp package. Read the longer version of these news in the mailing list archives. |
| 2003-02-19 | We've been covered by the Debian Weekly News - resulting in a few more timeservers being added, the count is at 30 now with some more having shown interest. Amongst the latter is also somebody in Hongkong, so the asia.time.fortytwo.ch zone will be created shortly. I've also added a new translation - hope you like it. |
| 2003-02-12 | Regional zones are being created now: europe.time.fortytwo.ch, north-america.time.fortytwo.ch and oceania.time.fortytwo.ch exist now. |
| 2003-02-12 | I've added our first two stratum 1 clocks - thanks to RedHat for donating them. |
| 2003-02-12 | Suggestion by Mark Lijftogt: A news section has been added. |
Even older (and more) news are available in the mailing list archives