[ntp:hackers] unprivileged ntpd prototype
Hal Murray
hmurray at megapathdsl.net
Tue Nov 3 05:57:51 UTC 2009
>> server 1.2.3.4 port 1234
> Are you saying that this server 1.2.3.4 is listening on port 1234 or
> did you mean to send it from port 1234. If the latter the syntax is
> totally misleading. If the former then it's a protocol violation.
I assume it means that the remote server is listening on port 1234.
"protocol violation" is an interesting term. I assume that's in reference to
some RFC. How about I call it experimental?
Does the current server implementation drop packets that don't come from the
magic port? That's likely to break systems running behind NAT boxes.
ntpdate has (had?) a -u option. Is that a protocol violation? Does anybody
care?
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