ntpd error

[Vivek J. Patankar]

John DeDourek wrote:
> Vivek J. Patankar wrote:
>> Keep in mind that you need to open port 123 TCP & UDP for it to work. 
>> I was having problems with time synchronization in servers in a DMZ 
>> and opening just 123 TCP didn't work.
>>
> In fact, ntp normally uses UDP port 123.  The last time I looked,
> it did NOT use TCP port 123 at all.  Therefore, I suggest that you
> should NOT open TCP port 123.

/etc/services lists both port 123, TCP & UDP as the port for NTP.

But SpeedGuide (http://www.speedguide.net/ports.php) lists only UDP. I 
checked the RFC for NTP (1119) and it mentions UDP only.

Seems like that information in /etc/services is misleading. What can be 
done to get it corrected? Bugzilla against the 'setup' package perhaps?

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Regards
विवेक ज. पाटणकर (Vivek J. Patankar)

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