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From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
To: Fabian Wenk <fabian@wenks.ch>
Subject: Re: UNS: Re: NTP security hole CVE-2013-5211?
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Fabian Wenk <fabian@wenks.ch> writes:
> I think it is a bad advice, then ntpd is much nicer to NTP servers
> (mainly the NTP Pool), then sntp is.  [snip irrelevant details]

ntpd is a particular implementation of the NTP protocol and algorithm.

SNTP is a protocol.

Comparing one to the other is simply meaningless.

It is entirely possible to write a well-behaved SNTP client.

DES
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