[ntp:questions] Restrict accepts also hostname ?!

Hal Murray hal-usenet at ip-64-139-1-69.sjc.megapath.net
Sun Mar 25 05:06:56 UTC 2007


>You _can_ use a host-name on a restrict line only _if_ that host-name
>resolves to _one_ IP address.

Here's a possibly crazy suggestion...

Suppose that ntpd remembered the results of any DNS lookups.  The
server line would load the cache and the restrict line would
use the same answer.

I see lots of variations on the details.

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