the server I'm trying to communicate to is on a local net.
> No, they have different protocols for monitoring.
> Google doesn't seem to be running ntpd or chronyd. From some bugs that
> can be observed, it looks more like openntpd, which doesn't support
> remote monitoring.
> If it's a public ntpd server, it's unlikely to have monitoring access
> open to Internet. The protocol allows traffic amplification, which
> would be exploited in DDoS attacks.
hmm.. very interesting, thank you!
I've been asked questions about ntpq/chronyc compatibility and I found no discussions about this.
The explanation about different monitoring protocols implemented by chronyd/ntpd is really concise and self explanatory, do you think that adding a reference to the faq could give any value?