not a good idea for hosts to access this service even if the isp is stupid enough to leave it open.
Routers typically run the ntp service on their control CPUs so having lots of hosts getting ntp service off a router means that its wasting cpu cycles serving this rather then doing the work that it was meant to do.
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not a good idea for hosts to access this service even if the isp is stupid enough to leave it open.
Routers typically run the ntp service on their control CPUs so having lots of hosts getting ntp service off a router means that its wasting cpu cycles serving this rather then doing the work that it was meant to do.