# Anyone can add IPs to the pool, no checks on ownership?

**URL:** <https://community.ntppool.org/t/anyone-can-add-ips-to-the-pool-no-checks-on-ownership/3091>\
**Category:** Pool Development\
**Created:** [October 12, 2023, 8:47am UTC](https://community.ntppool.org/t/anyone-can-add-ips-to-the-pool-no-checks-on-ownership/3091 "2023-10-12T08:47:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![NTPman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.ntppool.org/ntpman/32/450_2.png) [@NTPman](https://community.ntppool.org/u/NTPman)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 1:54pm UTC](https://community.ntppool.org/t/anyone-can-add-ips-to-the-pool-no-checks-on-ownership/3091/2 "2023-10-12T13:54:02Z")

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Hello @sndr , welcome to the community!

There is no check implemented for the verification of the ownership of a server. There is a dedicated thread about it:

[https://community.ntppool.org/t/verification-step-to-add-a-server/](https://community.ntppool.org/t/verification-step-to-add-a-server/)

None of the proposed verification method is ideal, so nothing is done. It looks like the old proverb still stands: “The perfect is the biggest enemy of the good.”

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