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

[Joe Holden]

On 24/02/2014 15:40, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> In message <530B666A.1000800 at rewt.org.uk>, Joe Holden writes:
>
>>> Please check how NTP is authenticated before giving bad advice,
>>> it's all in the RFC.
>>>
>> v3 or v4? It is an optional part of the spec in both cases and again
>> isn't required for 99% of people using ntpd as a client, which was the
>> entire point of this exercise in the first place.
>
> Authentication of NTP is rapidly gaining focus these days, for obvious
> reasons, so I think adopting software now which don't support it would
> be needlessly shortsighted.
>
> 3 years ago I would have agree with you, but not now.
>
Fair enough, that isn't the real problem we are facing but rather than 
derail this thread even further I think it would be best to discuss that 
another day :)