[Git][NTPsec/ntpsec][master] Document removal of ntpdsim.
Eric S. Raymond
gitlab at mg.gitlab.com
Wed Aug 10 12:24:07 UTC 2016
Eric S. Raymond pushed to branch master at NTPsec / ntpsec
Commits:
eaafa830 by Eric S. Raymond at 2016-08-10T08:23:57-04:00
Document removal of ntpdsim.
- - - - -
1 changed file:
- docs/index.txt
Changes:
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docs/index.txt
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--- a/docs/index.txt
+++ b/docs/index.txt
@@ -108,10 +108,13 @@ few will be user-visible.
saveconfig command in ntpq, the --saveconfigquit option of ntpd, and
the implementation of related config declarations in ntp.conf.
+* Likewise, the poorly-documented ntpdsim code has also been removed
+ to gain a significant reduction in code complexity.
+
* The code has been systematically hardened, with unsafe string
copy and formatting functions replaced by safe (bounded) ones.
-* In toto, around 60% of the NTP Classic code has been outright
+* In toto, more than 60% of the NTP Classic code has been outright
removed, with less than 5% new code added. This is a dramatic
reduction in attack surface.
View it on GitLab: https://gitlab.com/NTPsec/ntpsec/commit/eaafa8306210c9dc43d9d2b6f2dbf468ea9e9b14
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