[ntp:questions] Re: Problems configuring an NTP subnet

[Danny Mayer]

Brian Utterback wrote:
> Danny Mayer wrote:
>> SimoTerradillos, Carlos Joaquin wrote:
>>> 2.-NTP clients
>>> In this case, /etc/ntp.conf is like this:
>>>
>>> driftfile /etc/ntp/drift
>>> broadcastclient
>>> authenticate no
>>
>> again: disable auth
>>
> 
> Disabling the authentication is a very bad idea, unless you trust
> all the systems that can possibly send packets to the systems on
> your network. There is a reason why it is the default. With auth
> disabled and no restrict rules, you are potentially handing your
> system clock over to anyone on the network.

True, but my comments where about the "authenticate no" lines which are
invalid. Those should have been logged as errors.

Danny