[ntp:questions] Unauthenticated Broadcast Client Drops Authenticated Server Packets.
Harlan Stenn
stenn at ntp.isc.org
Thu Mar 15 19:21:56 UTC 2007
>>> In article <1173964807.863035.296190 at y66g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>, "Arul Kumar C" <arulkumar.c at gmail.com> writes:
Arul> Hi Experts, I have got a broadcast server that sends broadcast
Arul> messages authenticated with MD5. There is a broadcast client that has
Arul> no authentication enabled.
This is different from having a client with authentication disabled.
Arul> The packets on the broadcast client is
Arul> dropped due to authentication failure. Could you please let me know
Arul> if this is the expected behaviour of the broadcast client in this
Arul> scenario.
Yes, this is a feature and is exactly what should happen if your client does
not have authentication properly configured. Again, disabling
authentication is a different matter.
Arul> Since the broadcast cleint is not interested in authentication, it
Arul> could very well accept the packet from the server though the packet
Arul> has MAC, right ?
Yes, but only if you disable authentication on the client, and you should
have a very clear idea of what the effects of this decision will be.
Arul> Please let me know if I miss anything here.
Please reconsider using authentication - is it really that difficult for
your environment to have it set up properly?
H
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