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).Received on Mon Feb 24 2014 - 10:27:07 UTC
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