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I actually like systemd as an init system, and use it that way on all my current machines. (I'm a fan of journald so far too.) However, the mere fact that (s)N
by scott_karana 9y ago
I actually like systemd as an init system, and use it that way on all my current machines. (I'm a fan of journald so far too.)
However, the mere fact that (s)NTP and DNS are re-implemented in the same codebase is still unsettling to me.
Nor is it misinformation to mention their existence, or the bugs/limitations caused by the duplication of effort.
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2017/CVE-2017-9445.html http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2017/CVE-20...
https://github.com/coreos/bugs/issues/391 https://github.com/coreos/bugs/issues/391
(Looks like the sNTP client hasn't caused security flaws, though. I was wrong there.)
- bonzini 9y agoThey are independent, you can use one without the other. They are just residing in the same repository and build system.