[ntp:questions] Restrict vs DNS lookup

Dave Hart hart at ntp.org
Tue Jun 8 12:16:33 UTC 2010


On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 11:40 UTC, Danny Mayer wrote:
> On 6/7/2010 4:02 PM, Dave Hart wrote:
>> On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 19:07 UTC, Danny Mayer  wrote:
>>> Actually they mention restrict source, not restrict server. There is
>>> essentially no description of what this option is or what it does. There
>>> needs to be a documentation effort to explain clear the usage and why
>>> and when to use it.
>>
>> restrict source configures a template restriction automatically added
>> at runtime for each association, whether configured, ephemeral, or
>> preemptible, and removed when the association is demobilized.
>>
>
> This really needs rewording to be clear what it's meant to do. It also
> needs to get into the documentation. Calling it a template while
> technically accurate does not describe what it really does.

The sentence above is a direct quote from the documentation.  Patches welcome.

http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/html/accopt.html#restrict

Cheers,
Dave Hart
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