on the NTP security issues and fixes

Eric S. Raymond esr at thyrsus.com
Fri May 6 19:56:20 UTC 2016


Gary E. Miller <gem at rellim.com>:
> > That's valuable feedback, seeing as I just performed the major surgery
> > of removing Autokey.
> 
> Yeah, and two new bugs in your queue...

Eh?  Which ones?

> But, more important things to do.  Old teclo rule of thumb: fix bugs
> first, then add features.  Maybe fix #48.

Yes.

> All the other reconfig should go.

Now I need to figure out what to rip out.

> I do know that chronyd performs better than ntpd in certain configuration.
> A compare and contrast needs to be done, maybe grab some chronyd modes
> and add a switch so people can compare.  I would ask you not do so until
> the howto is done and stable.

No problem, I've got way more than enough on my plate.
-- 
		<a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 811 bytes
Desc: Digital signature
URL: <http://lists.ntpsec.org/pipermail/devel/attachments/20160506/20a53506/attachment.bin>


More information about the devel mailing list