[ntp:hackers] unprivileged ntpd prototype

Harlan Stenn stenn at ntp.org
Tue Nov 3 23:04:23 UTC 2009


Danny,

This is just a policy/mechanism question.

It is certainly possible to run an sshd on something other than port 22.

It is also possible to make postfix listen for smtpd connections on
other than port 25.  I think the same is true for sendmail.

According to Rob, it's also easy to tell bind to listen on other than
port 53 for its data.

So what this boils down to is:

- should we allow *any* mechanism to allow ntpd to run on other than
  port 123
- if so, what sort of policy choices should we make in this regard

H


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