On Sat, Dec 21, 2002 at 04:15:35PM -0800, nate wrote: > it can, and does I've been using it for ages. I do not like to run > ntpd on everything[1]. The less daemons listening on ports the better for me. > ntpd is more accurate then ntpdate, but doing a ntpdate <timeserver>; > hwclock --systohc works fine for me. So run ntp-simple or use iptables to block the port. Use the tools you have, don't run away. > [1] http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/970472 > yes I know it's patched now, but another issue could come up in the > future, and ntpd is not vital enough for me to run everywhere. The only thing to fear is fear itself. Any software could develop security holes, this isn't a good excuse to thunderclap the server. -- .''`. Baloo <baloo@ursine.dyndns.org> : :' : proud Debian admin and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than to fix a system
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