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@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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