How is ntpd data used -

[Markku Kolkka]

Bob Goodwin kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika lauantai, 6. 
marraskuuta 2004 11:44):
> I run a script that does:
>
> service ntpd restart
>
> ntpq -p

You should insert a few minutes of delay between those two calls 
to let the ntp daemon to work. 

> and get the following results which leaves me wondering, does
> ntpd throw out the obviously erroneous data [*]

Yes, if you have more than three servers then "outliers" are 
discarded. The algorithm is explained in detail in 
http://www.eecis.udel.edu/%7emills/database/brief/arch/arch.pdf 
and 
http://www.eecis.udel.edu/%7emills/database/brief/flow/flow.pdf

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 Markku Kolkka
 markku.kolkka at iki.fi