broadcastclient ?

Per Jessen per at computer.org
Thu Dec 8 08:42:55 UTC 2016


Eric S. Raymond wrote:

> Per Jessen <per at computer.org>:
>> I have built 0.9.5-1 - first default, later with classic mode
>> enabled. When I try to start ntpd, both builds complain about my
>> config:
>> 
>> test422 ntpd[17425]: line 98 column 0 syntax error, unexpected
>> T_String, expecting $end test422 ntpd[17425]: syntax error in
>> /etc/ntp.conf line 98, column 0
>> 
>> 
>> This stems from this config (line98 is 'broadcastclient'):
>> 
>> driftfile /var/lib/ntp/drift/ntp.drift
>> logfile /var/log/ntp
>> keys /etc/ntp.keys
>> trustedkey 1
>> requestkey 1
>> controlkey 1
>> restrict -4  default notrap nomodify nopeer noquery
>> restrict -6  default notrap nomodify nopeer noquery
>> restrict 127.0.0.1
>> restrict ::1
>> broadcastclient
>> disable auth
> 
> That is correct.  Broadcast client mode has been removed because it is
> impossible to secure.


Okay, thanks. Does that go for "multicastclient" too?  We're using 

multicastclient ff05::101


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Per Jessen, Zürich (-0.2°C)




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