Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 11:24:29 -0400 From: David Schultz <das@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src UPDATING src/etc/defaults rc.conf src/etc/rc.d Makefile ntpd rpcbind Message-ID: <20040914152429.GA42691@VARK.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <93999.1095143257@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <20040914.000712.57271340.imp@bsdimp.com> <93999.1095143257@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On Tue, Sep 14, 2004, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <20040914.000712.57271340.imp@bsdimp.com>, "M. Warner Losh" writes: > >In message: <200409140301.i8E31cvR099301@repoman.freebsd.org> > > Sean Chittenden <seanc@FreeBSD.org> writes: > >: ntpdate's use has been depreciated by the ntpd > >: authors for quite some time so this change shouldn't be unexpected. > > > >Except that ntpdate is still useful, despite their views to the > >contrary. I really really really do not like this change. > > We should probably import the SNTP daemon which OpenBSD has written > and use that for lightweight use. I talked to Henning about it at > SUCON'04 and what I heard made sense for the lightweight segment. The OpenBSD code is of sufficiently higher quality (particularly with respect to secure programming practices) that I would support a long-term goal of switching to the OpenBSD code entirely. Unfortunately, there are still numerous missing features that need to be added before that can happen.home | help
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