From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 2 08:28:05 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB7581065670; Thu, 2 Jul 2009 08:28:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie) Received: from salmon.maths.tcd.ie (salmon.maths.tcd.ie [IPv6:2001:770:10:300::86e2:510b]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F16ED8FC08; Thu, 2 Jul 2009 08:28:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie) Received: from walton.maths.tcd.ie ([134.226.81.10] helo=walton.maths.tcd.ie) by salmon.maths.tcd.ie with SMTP id ; 2 Jul 2009 09:28:01 +0100 (BST) Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 09:28:00 +0100 From: David Malone To: Edwin Groothuis Message-ID: <20090702082800.GA72556@walton.maths.tcd.ie> References: <20090605124428.GA85576@mavetju.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090605124428.GA85576@mavetju.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, roberto@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NTP - default /etc/ntp.conf X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:28:06 -0000 There are several problems with the default ntp.conf that we've committed to -current. First, we have not followed the vendor recommendations for the pool servers at: http://www.pool.ntp.org/vendors.html We are supposed to contact the people running the pool and ask for a freebsd.pool.ntp.org subdomain. Second, we shouldn't have the local clock configured by default. The local clock should only be configured on a single server in a NTP domain that might be disconnected from the rest of the tree. Since the default config is a client config, it doesn't make sense to have the local clock configured. Even if it was a server config, it still wouldn't make sense, because it is only useful if a single server has it configured. I'd like to suggest that we get a vendor subdomain from the pool guys and use that, and that we comment out the local clock. We should get this fixed before 8.0 is releasted, so that we don't end up shipping lots misconfigured FreeBSD boxes and upset the ntp guys! David.