[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#556465: ntp: default config for pool servers should not use iburst

[Attila Kinali]

Package: ntp
Version: 1:4.2.4p6+dfsg-2
Severity: minor

Using iburst causes ntp to send a voley of packets to the ntp servers.
While this is not a problem in a local network or when using an ntp
server that doesn't serve a large amount of clients, it might swamp
public servers from the ntp pool or debian pool (think about switching
on of a lot of machines monday morning at 8).

Hence i suggest to stop using iburst in the default config for any
pool server.

Attila Kinali


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.27.1 (PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=de_CH, LC_CTYPE=de_CH (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages ntp depends on:
ii  adduser                  3.111           add and remove users and groups
ii  libc6                    2.10.1-5        GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcap2                  1:2.17-2        support for getting/setting POSIX.
ii  libedit2                 2.11-20080614-1 BSD editline and history libraries
ii  libncurses5              5.7+20090803-2  shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  libssl0.9.8              0.9.8k-5        SSL shared libraries
ii  lsb-base                 3.2-23          Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  netbase                  4.37            Basic TCP/IP networking system

Versions of packages ntp recommends:
ii  perl                          5.10.1-5   Larry Wall's Practical Extraction 

Versions of packages ntp suggests:
pn  ntp-doc                       <none>     (no description available)

-- no debconf information