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From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org>
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Subject: Re: NTP - default /etc/ntp.conf
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On Sat, Jun 06, 2009 at 11:01:53AM +0900, Randy Bush wrote:
> > I have "server 0.pool.ntp.org" in my NTP configuration, which still
> > only gives me one NTP server in its internals ("dig 0.pool.ntp.org"
> > gives me five answers, "ntpq -p" gives me one server). Having the
> > "server 0.pool.ntp.org" in my configuration twice will give it two
> > NTP servers in its internals. So every hostname gives a different
> > NTP server IP address.
> 
> i believe that you may relying on a behavior of a dns resolver which is
> not specified

While it might not be specified, it is being observed and therefore
an issue when we want to restrict traffic specified by hostname.

Edwin
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