On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 5:10 PM, Hal Murray <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> [email protected] said:
> >> I'm not sure if it's intentional, but recent versions of ntpd now
> >> update the clock with the first (authenticated) sample. Older versions
> >> and other implementations may require more.
> > I think Danny Mayer told me that was a bug. But I don't know.
> > ntpd 4.2.6 needs several samples.
>
> It's a bug.
>
> Consider what happens if the first response is from a falseticker.  You
> also
> get a bogus answer if one side of the request/response encounters long
> network delays.
>
> Yes, sounds like a bug.

Sharon
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