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What is the use of NTP server and can it serve all the requests come from different geographical location ?

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When there is a need to update our machine time, we use NTP update. Is there any public NTP server available which can serve all the requests coming from clients located around the globe ? Or Is a dedicated NTP server required for each geographical location ?

posted Feb 15, 2017 by Harshita

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