the problem is that you cannot use dns names for restrictions in ntpd.conf, so we would have to putt all ip addresses for pool.ntp.org in there.
But I think (looking at Daouda's updated clock.pl) that we are talking about the 'server' entries in /etc/ntp.conf, which most certainly can be hostnames, and the NTP people have been suggesting using 3 entries the pool.ntp.org for a few months now.
i mean that an ntp.conf should look something like restrict default ignore restrict 127.0.0.1 notrust nomodify restrict <local-net> mask <local-mask> noquery notrust nomodify
restrict <serverip> noquery nomodify server <servername> ....
but since pool.ntp.org ip addresses tend to change it is difficult to have correct restriction in place.
I don't think dauda script uses restriction, but then it should.
L.
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