> Having lived through systems going backwards some 17 seconds due to a botched NTP-GPS appliance config
Well then, it really was botched. I was running an off-line hodge podge of 50 or so RH7.3 + Win2K systems back in 2002, where I had to manually fix the few second drift every couple of months, and the RH machines all slewed faster/slower to adapt, non ever went backward or jumped forward (Don't remember how the Win2K handled it; They weren't mission critical and I didn't care much).
Well then, it really was botched. I was running an off-line hodge podge of 50 or so RH7.3 + Win2K systems back in 2002, where I had to manually fix the few second drift every couple of months, and the RH machines all slewed faster/slower to adapt, non ever went backward or jumped forward (Don't remember how the Win2K handled it; They weren't mission critical and I didn't care much).