[ntp:hackers] configuration file rewrite

Danny Mayer mayer at ntp.isc.org
Sun Feb 26 03:02:19 UTC 2006


David J Taylor wrote:
> Harlan Stenn wrote:
>> Dave tells me he has a student who is rewriting the ntp configuration
>> file format and processing.
>>
>> As I understand it, a side effect of this effort will be that we will
>> lose the mode 7 remote configuration stuff.
>>
>> Does anybody have a strong objection to losing the ability to remotely
>> configure ntpd?
>>
>> H
> 
> Harlan,
> 
> If I recall correctly, I could never get this to work even on a local
> machine with the Windows NT port because of some key authentication
> issue. Whilst one can stop and restart services, it would be "nice" to
> have a unified approach that worked cross-platform.  But only "nice" -
> not "essential".
> 
> Cheers,
> David

The changes that have been made should allow that to work but I haven't
had time to deal with the security issues.

Danny



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