[ntp:questions] Synchronizing Linux clients with Windows Server 2003 NTP

Ry malayter at gmail.com
Thu Jan 18 16:27:10 UTC 2007


Richard B. Gilbert wrote:

> Isn't port 123 UDP inbound required as well?

Not on a stateful firewall, which are the most common type these days.
In most firewall configuration tools, "allow UDP port 123 outbound"
means that when a outbound packet is sent, the firewall will remember
seeing it (that's the *stateful* part) allow a return UDP packet(s)
from the destination IP and source port for a few seconds before
closing things off again.

This assumes all he is doing is configuring his NTP to act as a client
to an internet-based NTP server. If he is going to be using
symmetric/active or another mode, that's going to require allowing UDP
port 123 inbound. But it doesn't seem to me that he would need to do
anything like that.




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