That is correct. The current time is not considered secret info. The 
purpose of the auth keys is not to authorize the clients to the 
server, but so that the clients can be sure they are really talking to 
the authorized server.

qwe qwe wrote:
> Ntp.conf content:
> enable auth
> 
> But xntpd answer to unauthorized(not signed)  request. 
> 
> Is this right?
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