Windows NTP server source is ignored by NTP client system, causing clock to be unsynchronized

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Issue

  • Windows NTP servers are likely to report a large root dispersion, causing chronyd or ntpd to ignore the NTP server due to inaccuracy

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 and later
    • ntp
    • chrony

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