[ntp:hackers] hackers] ntpq width output
Terje Mathisen
terje at tmsw.no
Fri Aug 15 07:31:07 UTC 2014
David J Taylor wrote:
> From: Martin Burnicki
> []
> I also agree with Terje, and I'd suggest in addition that the number of
> fractions displayed for offset should be increased to show also
> nanoseconds.
>
> If I remember correctly this has already be proposed (IIRC by David
> Taylor) some time ago, and if now a new option is introduced this could
> also be implemented.
>
> Martin
> =================================
>
> Yes, it was me. My suggestion was implemented in the "ntpq -crv"
> output, where it works nicely. I recall there were worries at the
> time that it might break the maximum UDP packet size, or something
> like that.
I'm taking it as a given that all future ntpq outputs will use TCP or
some other handshake mechanism so that it cannot be used for DoS
attacks, i.e. just like the mrulist output.
Terje
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