Time synchronize results in running a local ntp server
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ntp (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: ntp
In Ubuntu Hardy, the ntp package installs a version (or configuration of, I'm not sure) ntpd that actually runs a local ntp server by default. Frankly, for the purposes of keeping my clock in sync with time servers, this is absurd, not to mention the fact that it opens several ports to 0.0.0.0:* so that any computer can connect to my (unintentionally running) server. This was not true in Gutsy. The ntp server appears to start regardless of whether the process to move to Hardy was an upgrade or fresh install. I'm guessing based on version numbering that it is probably a configuration file change rather than an actual code change.
Aside from the security issues of a running an ntp server, the new /etc/network/