Matrix Networks And Solutions - Time Servers - India
- Time Servers - India NIC: NIC runs multiple servers located at different locations across the country. Actual number of servers cannot be revealed for security reasons. NPL: NPL runs 20 NTP Servers
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- What are their IP addresses?
NIC: NIC runs the NTP service through samay1.nic.in and samay2.nic.in. NPL: The current IP addresses are 14.139.60.103, 14.139.60.106 and 14.139.60.107.
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- What geographical locations are they configured in?
NIC: The servers are located in various cities across India. Exact location details cannot be provided for security reasons. NPL: The geographical location is CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, Delhi.
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- What are their average latency times?
NIC: Latency time purely depends on client location. NPL: NTP servers of NPL run directly from UTC (NPLI).
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- Do they publish uptimes and downtimes of their NTP servers?
NIC: Information related to NPT servers not available. (We had misspelled NTP as NPT in the question, presumably leading to this response).
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- NPL: Uptimes and downtimes of NTP servers are not published. What is the hardware and software configuration of their NTP servers?
NIC: This information cannot be revealed due to security reasons under section 8. NPL: NTP servers are NTP v4.
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- If these servers go down, who should be contacted?
NIC: User may contact via servicedesk.nic.in or can contact at toll free number 1800-111-555. NPL: CSIR-NPL may be contacted for NPLs NTP servers.
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- Who is the primary and secondary ISP for these servers?
NIC: NIC has direct peering with multiple ISPs including NIXIs internet exchange, which is being leveraged for delivering the NTP services. NPL: ISP is NKN
(refers to the National Knowledge Network managed by NIC)
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- What is the ASN these servers are operated in?
NIC: AS 4758 NPL: ASN is 55824
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