[ntp:questions] Re: "restrict" option : help
David Schwartz
davids at webmaster.com
Sat Jun 25 20:25:23 UTC 2005
"Tim" <tim at mail.localhost.invalid> wrote in message
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> "Jojo" <jdptr at cleanthisfree.fr> wrote
>>> To use the IP address instead of DNS name in all restrict statement is
>>> quite embarrasing, since the IP can change in future. What do you think
>>> ?
>
> "David Schwartz" <davids at webmaster.com> posted:
>
>> Unfortunately, it's the only way to prevent someone from being able
>> to
>> easily change which connections you allow.
>
> I would have though that anyone with the ability to poison your DNS
> records
> could similarly adjust IP addressing/routing.
No way.
DS
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