REFCLOCK rises again

Gary E. Miller gem at rellim.com
Tue Mar 5 18:45:14 UTC 2019


Yo Eric!

On Tue, 5 Mar 2019 02:11:52 -0500
"Eric S. Raymond via devel" <devel at ntpsec.org> wrote:

> > That would leave the configure option.  I've never used it.  
> 
> I think we can justify both removals on security. If Mode 6 is a
> read-only channel there can never be any exploits over it.  That's
> a significant gain in provable bulletproofness.
> 
> You want to reconfure your ntpd?  Bounce it. This won't happen often.

Ugh, wrong.  I've got to agree with Achim here.  It takes days for
my ntpd's to converge, that is why you don't bounce it often.

RGDS
GARY
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