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Roy wrote:
> A full NTP server is probably a bit of overkill and well as
> adding a bit of insecurity.  For most servers, I just add a
> cronjob that once an hour uses ntpdate 

One option, if the OS has the software, is to use openntpd instead
of ntpd - much better security, and sane settings, out of the box.

You still may need to run ntpdate just for the initial setting of
the clock.

HTH,

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Oliver Gorwits, Network and Telecommunications Group,
Oxford University Computing Services
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