msntp and openntp size comparison pfsense # ls -la `which msntp` -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 455176 Nov 28 16:29 /usr/local/bin/msntp
openbsd $ ls -la `which ntpd` -r-xr-xr-x 1 root bin 38784 Feb 14 23:40 /usr/sbin/ntpd On free the size will likely change, but it's at least a factor of 10 smaller right now! I can certainly find 300K worth of PHP to replace it (embedded platform can always use a few extra K) --Bill On 4/4/06, Randy B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Compiled with -O2 and fully stripped (w/documentation, helpers, etc - > standard Gentoo build), my tools report to me that ntp.org's size is > concordant with that of it's most recent source tarball - about 2.3M. > If the same holds for OpenNTP, I'd expect it to be roughly 140k. > > I have a system with a poor clock - I'll run some drift tests on it > with OpenNTP and see if anything concerns me; I start hyperventilating > at a few milliseconds' drift. ;-) > > RB > > On 4/4/06, Bill Marquette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 4/4/06, Randy B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > And yes, we are open to replacing it with something else if someone > > > > wants to do the plubming. > > > > > > If given the choice between ntp.org > > > (http://ntp.isc.org/bin/view/Main/NTPcopyrightStatement) and OpenNTP > > > (OpenBSD), which would you prefer? > > > > Don't know that it makes a difference - both licenses look OK. > > OpenNTP is certainly the more secure of the two, but I have seen > > complaints about clock precision with it (food for thought, I honestly > > don't find it to be an issue and don't need my clock accurate to the > > picosecond...but hey, I don't count ;-P) OpenNTP has my vote > > personally (and is probably smaller than ntp.org - just a guess). > > > > --Bill > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
