In message <530B666A.1000800_at_rewt.org.uk>, Joe Holden writes: >> Please check how NTP is authenticated before giving bad advice, >> it's all in the RFC. >> >v3 or v4? It is an optional part of the spec in both cases and again >isn't required for 99% of people using ntpd as a client, which was the >entire point of this exercise in the first place. Authentication of NTP is rapidly gaining focus these days, for obvious reasons, so I think adopting software now which don't support it would be needlessly shortsighted. 3 years ago I would have agree with you, but not now. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk_at_FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.Received on Mon Feb 24 2014 - 14:40:10 UTC
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