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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: ntp config tech note
On Thu, 20 May 2004 17:33:22 -0400 Jared Mauch <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm also wondering, how many people are using the ntp.mcast.net > messages to sync their clocks? what about providing ntp We have had one user that I know of who was receiving time sync info via multicast announcements, but personally I don't care for doing NTP this way. In my experience systems/users don't bother to do any sort of authentication or filtering on NTP sources. Most server admins and some implementations do not support authentication either. I'm pretty sure I don't want to get time from just anyone who sends to 224.0.1.1 especially on networks connected to the multicast-enabled Internet. That group address I might note is one I tend to scope at admin boundaries for just that reason. John
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