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From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
To: Chris Nehren <cnehren+freebsd-security@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: ntpd vulnerabilities
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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.

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