Re: ntpd replacement (Was: Re: Import of DragonFly Mail Agent)

In message <530B2DEE.3030808@rewt.org.uk>, Joe Holden writes:

>The other point I should make here is that if you care that much about 
>time security you shouldn't be contacting ntp servers over 3rd party 
>networks anyway, at least not without some IP-level 
>encryption/authentication, or use a source that can't easily be used as 
>an attack surface, such as GPS/MSF etc.

Please check how NTP is authenticated before giving bad advice,
it's all in the RFC.

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