Comment by enneff | Hacker News Reader

Comment by enneff | Hacker News Reader

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8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 are Google Public DNS, not a "ping responder." https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/

Google does provide time servers, although I'm not sure whether they are officially supported. The addresses are:

    time1.google.com
    time2.google.com
    time3.google.com
    time4.google.com

Yeah, sorry, I know they're the public DNS, but they're also jolly handy as unforgettable IP addresses you expect to be able to ping, hence the smiley.

Good news about the time{1..4} NTP servers, I'll give them a try, thanks.

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