bin/46235: sysinstall(8): NTP servers for Finland require updating

[Jari Kirma]

On Thu, 29 Sep 2011, eadler at FreeBSD.org wrote:

> Synopsis: sysinstall(8): NTP servers for Finland require updating
>
> State-Changed-From-To: feedback->closed
> State-Changed-By: eadler
> State-Changed-When: Thu Sep 29 04:09:36 UTC 2011
> State-Changed-Why:
> These servers appear to be working to me as well. If this is still an
> issue please reply and I will re open
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=46235

keso.fi is a domain for a regional technical college in Finland - which 
actually is no more, after merging with another one. These kinds of 
organizations usually don't have maintenance of NTP services very high on 
the list of their priorities. They have moved their web presence under a 
different domain, and eventually when the old one expires, it may well be 
gone forever. Considering the pace this PR changes, that is happening 
quite soon.

Mikes (as mentioned in the original PR), offers public NTP service, and 
neither the organization, domain nor the services are likely to suddenly 
disappear, as they are official maintainers of time standards in 
Finland. (... and more than that, as their front page tells: "MIKES 
metrology realises the SI system measurement units in Finland.") These 
official time standards are not freely available, but stratum 2 service is 
offered at as best effort service. This is described at 
http://www.mikes.fi/frameset.aspx?url=page.aspx?contentID=318 (Mikes: 
"Julkinen NTP-palvelu"), which Google can translate to bearable English.