>> Was there any discussion in ntpsec-land about disabling mode 6
>> queries *by default?*
> Dunno, best to ask on devel@ntpsec.org
I don't remember any discussion like that.
There are at least 2 reasons to block/disable mode 6. The first is the DDoS
problem with the old monlist command. That
Yo Steven!
On Mon, 4 Nov 2019 17:00:19 -0600
Steven Sommars wrote:
> Hi Gary,
>
> ntpsec 1.1.7 with the trivial configuration file =
> pool pool.ntp.org # (or server a.b.c.d)
> by enables the host to be a server. It also configure ntpsec to
> respond to some mode 6 queries.
>
> Wa