Re: Alternatives to port 123

2024-05-03 Thread Richard Laager via devel
On 2024-05-02 22:20, Hal Murray via devel wrote: I don't like adding a new top level (extra) to the config file syntax. In general, I agree with you on that. I'd keep it under nts. -- Richard ___ devel mailing list devel@ntpsec.org https://lists.ntp

Re: Alternatives to port 123

2024-05-02 Thread Hal Murray via devel
Richard Laager said: > Why two options that do the same thing? Thanks for asking. I meant to say something about that. I think the reason there are two is that I had a typo or such and couldn't get >extra port < to work. After banging my head against the wall for a while, I gave up and a

Re: Alternatives to port 123

2024-05-02 Thread Fred Wright via devel
On Thu, 2 May 2024, Hal Murray via devel wrote: Note that for AT&T, the normal case of an NTP client goes through NAT so NTP isn't using port 123 and doesn't get blocked. Many, if not most, NAT implementations avoid remapping "privileged" client ports, on the theory that specific port numbe

Re: Alternatives to port 123

2024-05-02 Thread Richard Laager via devel
On 2024-05-02 15:48, Hal Murray via devel wrote: There are 2 new options for the config file: nts port extra port They do the same thing. Pick one. Why two options that do the same thing? -- Richard ___ devel mailing list devel@ntps

Alternatives to port 123

2024-05-02 Thread Hal Murray via devel
I've pushed the code for alternatives to port 123. It's working for me, but could use more testing. You might hit a case I didn't consider. There are 2 new options for the config file: nts port extra port They do the same thing. Pick one. There are two part