Re: Import of DragonFly Mail Agent

From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 12:16:37 +0100
On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 11:13:23AM +0000, Joe Holden wrote:
> On 24/02/2014 11:08, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 11:04:48AM +0000, Joe Holden wrote:
> >> On 24/02/2014 10:56, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> >>> In message <530B2500.5030608_at_rewt.org.uk>, Joe Holden writes:
> >>>
> >>>> Can I also suggest that ntp.org shouldn't be in the base either? :P
> >>>
> >>> I absolutely agree, but the replacement is less clear in that case.
> >>>
> >>>
> >> I'd suggest openntpd as a candidate as it would require less work than
> >> dntpd since that has some kernel changes.
> >>
> >> At ~400K it is pretty lightweight and doesn't listen at all by default,
> >> suitable as a default ntpd that just maintains time - one can always
> >> install ntp.org from ports should they need more features (such as
> >> access control and monlist, etc)
> >
> > openntpd not able to authenticate the sources it is using and thus lack a big
> > ntp feature as a client.
> >
> > regards,
> > Bapt
> >
> 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?

Yes when you really need to trust what ntp sources you are using, which means
there are lots of scenarios.

regards,
Bapt

Received on Mon Feb 24 2014 - 10:16:42 UTC

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