REFCLOCK rises again

[Richard Laager]

On 3/5/19 12:45 PM, Gary E. Miller via devel wrote:
> 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.

How often are you reconfiguring your running ntpd today, and by what
mechanism (i.e. are you using the Mode 6 writable parameter(s) being
proposed for removal)?

-- 
Richard

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