On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 3:12 PM, Bob Goodwin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Only the servers are blocked from the internet since I figured they didn't
> require a connection but now the question of time synchronization arises. In
> fact my internet connection is derived from a satellite connection which has
> a system delay on the order of 800 ms. I would think that would offset me
> from the rest of the world by nearly one second if it matters ...

Nahhh. Unless 'chrony' has completely mucked up the NTP spec, it deals
with symmetrical propagation delays pretty well. It effectively
reocords when you sent the request, when the response arrived, and
what the server thought the time was to derive the relevant skews.