[ntp:questions] Will AutoKey setup work on a NAT host behind a firewall?

Danny Mayer mayer at ntp.org
Sun Nov 14 04:27:34 UTC 2010


On 11/13/2010 9:47 PM, Dave Hart wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 00:32 UTC, Harlan Stenn <stenn at ntp.org> wrote:
>> Somebody wrote:
>>
>>> pool in.pool.ntp.org iburst  # will likely get 2 national servers
>>> # pool 0.in.pool.ntp.org iburst
>>> # pool 1.in.pool.ntp.org iburst
>>> # pool 2.in.pool.ntp.org iburst
>>> # pool 3.in.pool.ntp.org iburst
>>
>> One should not need to use the {0,1,2,3}. names when using the 'pool'
>> directive.
>>
>> A single "pool FOO.pool.ntp.org iburst" line should be enough.
> 
> ... assuming you're using 4.2.7.  With 4.2.6 or earlier, "pool" spins
> up only one association, and uses DNS only at startup.

That didn't used to be true, at least in the original code that was in
4.2.5 which would create up to 10 associations depending on the number
of IP addresses returned by the DNS resolver and how many previous
associations had been set up. Did something change in 4.2.6 to break that?

Danny



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