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Date:      Sat, 21 Aug 1999 00:06:41 +0200
From:      Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
To:        Greg Black <gjb-freebsd@gba.oz.au>
Cc:        Will Andrews <andrews@TECHNOLOGIST.COM>, Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Securelevel 3 ant setting time 
Message-ID:  <6639.935186801@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 21 Aug 1999 07:46:57 %2B1000." <19990820214657.1605.qmail@alice.gba.oz.au> 

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In message <19990820214657.1605.qmail@alice.gba.oz.au>, Greg Black writes:
>> Xntpd is not that difficult. Unlike ntpdate, it can update your system clock 
>> while also acting as a time server for your local network, reducing bandwidth
>> costs (yes, minimal, if you have a very small network, but still worth time and
>> money.) It is also more reliable and far more featureful than ntpdate (hey,
>> encryption compensation!).
>
>Just as a bit of extra information, xntpd is useless for small
>networks that don't have constant connectivity to time servers.

Not any longer with ntpv4...

--
Poul-Henning Kamp             FreeBSD coreteam member
phk@FreeBSD.ORG               "Real hackers run -current on their laptop."
FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far!


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