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Re: [Ntp] NAT devices not translating privileged ports

Hal Murray <halmurray+ietf@sonic.net> Thu, 10 June 2021 17:46 UTC

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fernando.gont=40edgeuno.com@dmarc.ietf.org said:
> I'm now considering whether we'd be better off removing the whole Section
> 3.4.? i.e., remove this: 

I agree that we could drop it, but it I didn't know about that quirk and it 
seems a shame to discard information that isn't otherwise documented or well 
known.

Maybe move it to an appendix?

Does any NTP code depend on the source port being 123?  I think NTPsec has an 
option to require it but I've never used it.  It might be useful to filter out 
broken software but won't help with security.


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