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Date:      Mon, 22 Dec 2014 22:12:09 +0100
From:      =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
To:        Chris Nehren <cnehren+freebsd-security@pobox.com>
Cc:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ntpd vulnerabilities
Message-ID:  <861tnrz8wm.fsf@nine.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <20141222185238.GA3308@behemoth.lan> (Chris Nehren's message of "Mon, 22 Dec 2014 13:52:38 -0500")
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Chris Nehren <cnehren+freebsd-security@pobox.com> writes:
> Brett Glass <brett@lariat.net> writes:
> > I'd like to propose that FreeBSD move to OpenNTPD, which appears to
> > have none of the [...] vulnerabilities that are present in ntpd.
> [...]  I am reticent to support more software going into the base
> system.  It should be small enough to build itself and bootstrap the
> ports tree, with very little else.

I absolutely agree.  If we replace the NTP suite, it will be with a
minimal SNTP client, although no decision has been made.

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no



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