Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2014 12:17:50 -0500 From: dweimer <dweimer@dweimer.net> To: Clayton Milos <clay@milos.co.za> Cc: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stale NTP software included in FreeBSD (RELEASE/STABLE/CURRENT) Message-ID: <ae8d6c838d78a5ea80bca1ae0999b2fa@dweimer.net> In-Reply-To: <540881EC.7010407@milos.co.za> References: <20140903061024.GA14382@rwpc15.gfn.riverwillow.net.au> <20140903120746.GI63085@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> <20140903134946.GA24397@satori.lan> <1409763486566-5945075.post@n5.nabble.com> <540881EC.7010407@milos.co.za>
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On 09/04/2014 10:14 am, Clayton Milos wrote: > On 2014/09/03 06:58 PM, Jakub Lach wrote: >> I'm partial to openntpd too, but I've remember that it was accused of >> unfriendly behaviour toward time servers. >> >> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://freebsd.1045724.n5.nabble.com/Stale-NTP-software-included-in-FreeBSD-RELEASE-STABLE-CURRENT-tp5944907p5945075.html >> Sent from the freebsd-stable mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > I've been using openntpd for some time myself. The reason I did so was > because you can put this in the config: > listen on 192.168.1.2 > > Very handy when you have multiple interfaces and do not want it > listening on public interfaces. I'm of the opinion that a daemon > should have the option on what interfaces it listens. Firewalls are > there to protect, not as a workaround for an application that lacks > critical features. > > \\Clay You can add this to rc.conf, if I am not mistaken, and it will do the same thing for ntpd ntpd_flags="-I 192.168.1.2" Probably not quite as clean as adding it to the configuration file, but gets the job done. -- Thanks, Dean E. Weimer http://www.dweimer.net/
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