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From: Henning Brauer <lists-openbsd@...>

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Subject: Re: Network Time Synchronization using timed or ntpd or a Combination?

Date: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 - 8:38 am

* Clint Pachl [2007-10-23 12:55]:

quoted text

> Because OpenNTPD was designed with security in mind from the start, I was
> thinking about using ntpd only on all systems. One system would get time
> from the NTP pool and all other servers on the network would sync to the
> local server. Is this the best way?

yep.

> Then I discovered timed. Does anybody use it? Is it as secure? What are the

quoted text

> (dis)advantages/differences compared to ntpd?

I don't have the time or electrons to compile that list :)

in short, there is about zero value in timed for new installs. It is
pretty much obsolete.

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Network Time Synchronization using timed or ntpd or a Combin..., Clint Pachl, (Tue Oct 23, 6:42 am)

Re: Network Time Synchronization using timed or ntpd or a Co..., Boris Goldberg, (Tue Oct 23, 9:33 am)

Re: Network Time Synchronization using timed or ntpd or a Co..., Henning Brauer, (Tue Oct 23, 10:46 am)

Re: Network Time Synchronization using timed or ntpd or a Co..., Clint Pachl, (Tue Oct 23, 6:36 pm)

Re: Network Time Synchronization using timed or ntpd or a Co..., Boris Goldberg, (Wed Oct 24, 11:47 am)

Re: Network Time Synchronization using timed or ntpd or a Co..., Marc Balmer, (Wed Oct 24, 2:13 pm)

Re: Network Time Synchronization using timed or ntpd or a Co..., Boris Goldberg, (Wed Oct 24, 3:32 pm)

Re: Network Time Synchronization using timed or ntpd or a Co..., Brian, (Wed Oct 24, 4:28 pm)

Re: Network Time Synchronization using timed or ntpd or a Co..., Boris Goldberg, (Thu Oct 25, 12:19 pm)

Re: Network Time Synchronization using timed or ntpd or a Co..., Mark Zimmerman, (Thu Oct 25, 5:13 pm)

Re: Network Time Synchronization using timed or ntpd or a Co..., Boris Goldberg, (Thu Oct 25, 5:28 pm)

Re: Network Time Synchronization using timed or ntpd or a Co..., Piotrek Kapczuk, (Thu Oct 25, 7:17 pm)

Re: Network Time Synchronization using timed or ntpd or a Co..., Henning Brauer, (Thu Oct 25, 1:21 pm)

Re: Network Time Synchronization using timed or ntpd or a Co..., Chris Kuethe, (Thu Oct 25, 1:10 pm)

Re: Network Time Synchronization using timed or ntpd or a Co..., Henning Brauer, (Wed Oct 24, 3:19 pm)

Re: Network Time Synchronization using timed or ntpd or a Co..., Paul de Weerd, (Wed Oct 24, 1:15 pm)

Re: Network Time Synchronization using timed or ntpd or a Co..., Henning Brauer, (Wed Oct 24, 3:16 pm)

Re: Network Time Synchronization using timed or ntpd or a Co..., Henning Brauer, (Wed Oct 24, 5:08 am)

Re: Network Time Synchronization using timed or ntpd or a Co..., Rogier Krieger, (Tue Oct 23, 10:01 am)

Re: Network Time Synchronization using timed or ntpd or a Co..., Boris Goldberg, (Tue Oct 23, 12:05 pm)

Re: Network Time Synchronization using timed or ntpd or a Co..., Marc Balmer, (Wed Oct 24, 6:57 am)

Re: Network Time Synchronization using timed or ntpd or a Co..., Henning Brauer, (Wed Oct 24, 5:00 am)

Re: Network Time Synchronization using timed or ntpd or a Co..., Pierre-Yves Ritschard, (Tue Oct 23, 12:39 pm)

Re: Network Time Synchronization using timed or ntpd or a Co..., Boris Goldberg, (Tue Oct 23, 1:05 pm)

Re: Network Time Synchronization using timed or ntpd or a Co..., Chris Kuethe, (Tue Oct 23, 1:49 pm)

Re: Network Time Synchronization using timed or ntpd or a Co..., Darrin Chandler, (Tue Oct 23, 2:59 pm)

Re: Network Time Synchronization using timed or ntpd or a Co..., Martin Schröder, (Tue Oct 23, 6:44 pm)

Re: Network Time Synchronization using timed or ntpd or a Co..., Henning Brauer, (Wed Oct 24, 5:06 am)

Re: Network Time Synchronization using timed or ntpd or a Co..., Clint Pachl, (Tue Oct 23, 4:52 pm)

Re: : Network Time Synchronization using timed or ntpd or a ..., Raimo Niskanen, (Wed Oct 24, 3:26 am)

Re: Network Time Synchronization using timed or ntpd or a Co..., Theo de Raadt, (Tue Oct 23, 5:16 pm)

Re: Network Time Synchronization using timed or ntpd or a Co..., Clint Pachl, (Tue Oct 23, 6:23 pm)

Re: Network Time Synchronization using timed or ntpd or a Co..., Paul de Weerd, (Tue Oct 23, 1:38 pm)

Re: Network Time Synchronization using timed or ntpd or a Co..., Boris Goldberg, (Tue Oct 23, 1:56 pm)

Re: Network Time Synchronization using timed or ntpd or a Co..., Rogier Krieger, (Tue Oct 23, 12:31 pm)

Re: Network Time Synchronization using timed or ntpd or a Co..., Chris Kuethe, (Tue Oct 23, 10:37 am)

Re: Network Time Synchronization using timed or ntpd or a Co..., Rogier Krieger, (Tue Oct 23, 12:31 pm)

Re: Network Time Synchronization using timed or ntpd or a Co..., Henning Brauer, (Tue Oct 23, 8:38 am)

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