[ntp:hackers] Why are we going down this road? Question on listen-on, query-on, -I

Brian Utterback brian.utterback at sun.com
Mon Jun 1 12:58:26 UTC 2009



Brian Utterback wrote:
> 
> 
> Terje Mathisen wrote:
>> Danny Mayer wrote:
> 
>>> query-on similarly came up
>>> because there was a need for the administrator to decide which IP
>>> address to use for outgoing packets and that also affects firewall 
>>> policies.
>>
>> That is a valid concern.
>>
>> Terje
>>
> 
> Which is why in my original message I said that query-on has some 
> utility. The ability to control the IP used on non-reply packets does 
> seem useful.


Oh, useful and does not require binding all IP addresses, not even on 
those "older" OS's.


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