[time] ntp client service cut-off policy

[ntpadmin at oc9.com]

Hi all,

I read somewhere on the list that judging abuse was everybody's own 
choice.

After a few weeks on the pool, I realize that what I came up often 
on the list was true, a very small percentage of clients are using 
most of the resources.

So, I just set up the following rule on my pool server :

In the ntpdc -nc monlist context :

if [ count > 500 ] && [ avgint < 60 ] 
then
start dropping packets
end

I do not used kiss of death.

So far, I see no noticeable raise in received packets due to some 
kind of client burst phenomenon. So dropping the packets seems to save in 
the upload bandwidth with no extra-charge on the download bandwidth.

Comments are welcome,

Louis