What time server do you use?

[James Knott]

marthter wrote:
>
> According to
> http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/services/inms/time-services/network-time.html
>
>
>    Note: Starting March 1, 2011, the old *TIME *protocol on port
>    37(RFC-868) will no longer be offered from the NTP servers below.
>    However a new time service for the old *TIME *protocol is now
>    offered from a new server, *time4.nrc.ca*. Users are encouraged to
>    switch to the NTP protocol described below, for a more accurate time
>    service.


This talk about time servers brings up a question.  NTP supports using 
multiple servers to obtain best accuracy.  Does Linux support this?  I 
can have several NTP servers specified in openSUSE.  I assume the 
"undisciplined local clock", at the bottom of the list, is used when an 
external server is not available.

BTW, I use time.nrc.ca, which is a stratum 2 server, for my firewall 
time and then use the firewall as a stratum 3 server on my network.
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