Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 11:26:54 +0000 From: Joe Holden <lists@rewt.org.uk> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ntpd replacement (Was: Re: Import of DragonFly Mail Agent) Message-ID: <530B2C7E.3050208@rewt.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20140224111745.GA13864@roberto-aw.eurocontrol.fr> References: <20140223211155.GS1699@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <CAFY7cWBh0ThajQpK4wZYj0wPrhTL608wtNDQNvOLnryjp4_jCg@mail.gmail.com> <530B13CA.6000005@rewt.org.uk> <33612.1393235765@critter.freebsd.dk> <20140224100036.GA1699@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <530B2500.5030608@rewt.org.uk> <37319.1393239415@critter.freebsd.dk> <530B2750.3050200@rewt.org.uk> <20140224110842.GA83610@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <530B2953.3030901@rewt.org.uk> <20140224111745.GA13864@roberto-aw.eurocontrol.fr>
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On 24/02/2014 11:18, Ollivier Robert wrote: > According to Joe Holden on Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 11:13:23AM +0000: >> hm, I can't say I have noticed this as being a problem where I've >> used it, are there any scenarios where this is a showstopper? > > Non-support for auth is a concern, lack of NTPv4 protocol support is another. Base ntpd also include SNTP which is a lightweight NTPv3 client. > I suspect if you can't be reasonably sure about the integrity of your network traffic you have other problems anyway... one can run ntpd -s to get a similar function to ntpdate/sntp. But again, for 99% of installs as a client, auth and/or ntpv4 doesn't matter and much like sendmail/dma, one can always install ntp.org from ports if they require authentication (I've never seen it used).
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