Re: [gentoo-user] Update the clock using internet servers: recommendations

[damian <damian.only@gmail.com>]

> So yes, there is a difference. With htpdate, you synchronize against a _web_
> server. How do you know it has a stable time source? OTOH, with ntp you
> synchronize against a specialized network _time_ server which is usually
> equiped with an accurate time souce*), using a protocol that was specifically
> desigend for that purpose (for example the time is adjusted without jumps),
> see http://www.ntp.org/ for all the details.
Thank you so much for the comparison Dirk. I did't take that aspect
into account (I was concern about performance issues only, not
correctness). So I guess for the moment I will keep using htpdate, and
when I find the time I will switch to some ntp client. Actually, so
far I haven't had problems with htpdate, but I guess in this case
there's no harm in being paranoic.

Thanks everybody for your help.

Best regards,
Damian.