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Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 07:30:06 +0200
From: John Hay <jhay@icomtek.csir.co.za>
To: Gregory Bond <gnb@itga.com.au>
Cc: John Hay <jhay@icomtek.csir.co.za>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG,
	John <jwd@bsdwins.com>
Subject: Re: ntp broadcast mode
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Great!

I haven't used symmetric keys in years, I use public keys with the
autokey keyword, but I'm also using the development version of ntp.

John

On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 04:01:04PM +1100, Gregory Bond wrote:
> > Do you have ntpd setup for crypto? 
> 
> I've now got it working using symmetric keys.
> 
> For the record (it's taken a bit of fiddling to get this right):
> 
>  - FreeBSD doesn't support DES crypto in ntpd
> 
>  - so you must use type "M" keys in the ntp.keys file.  (This is also true
>    and works for Solaris, despite the confusing ntp.conf man page)
> 
>  - and you must specify the filename with a "keys /etc/ntp.keys" directive - 
>    there is no default value, despite what the manual seems to imply.
> 
> Given that, broadcast mode is working fine for me now, even with Solaris 
> clients.
> 
> Greg.
> 

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