Re: Time Server - synching with an external source

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From: Stefan Buchman (stefan2002b_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 04/23/04 

Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 12:37:14 -0400

There is no real risk doing this. Since you are initiating the call you
can manage it using a pinhole rule on your router for the NTP port
(TCP/123) just don't allow outbound initiated connections to that server
for NTP.

- Stefan

Microsoft NewsGroups wrote:

> Seems like I remember reading somewhere that there was a "security risk"
> involved when synching with an external time server source such as a atomic
> time service on the Internet. Is this true, and what is the risk?
>
> What do others do to keep their internal time server accurate?
> Thanks
>
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