Re: Switching to OpenNTPD

["Erik P. Skaalerud" <erik@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Great work joerg, but for those of you who work with the docs/handbook, 
please make sure that this gets documented somewhere :-)

Erik

Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
> Hi all,
> the attached patch switches from ntp.org's ntpd to OpenNTPD. This means:
> - a much smaller ntpd
> - a much more secure daemon
> - less features
> - ATM no ntptrace
> - ntpdate functionality is mostly integrated into ntpd, this is the default
>   behaviour (sync if time difference is greater > 180 seconds, otherwise use
>   normal algorithm)
> - no support/need for the other helper programs of ntp
>
> Just setup /etc/ntpd.conf (not /etc/ntp.conf!) e.g. with the following
> content should be enough:
> servers pool.ntp.org
>
> With no objections, with goes into the tree tomorrow.
>
> Joerg