2019 was a big year for the Network Time Foundation. New software releases, attendance at global events and growth in memberships were among our many accomplishments. Following is a list of achievements by quarter that we are particularly proud of: Q1 Release of NTP 4.2.8 p13 Noted Membership Renewals Facebook Cox Microchip (formerly Microsemi) Completion… Read More
News
March 2019 ntp-4.2.8p13 NTP Release and Security Vulnerability Announcement
The NTP Project at Network Time Foundation publicly released ntp-4.2.8p13 on Thursday, 07 March 2019. This release fixes one security issue in ntpd: MEDIUM: Sec 3565: Crafted null dereference attack from a trusted source with an authenticated mode 6 packet A crafted malicious authenticated mode 6 (ntpq) packet from a permitted network address can trigger… Read More
2018 – A Year Of Growth & Development
2018 was a year of growth and development at the Network Time Foundation. A tremendous amount of work was accomplished and, importantly, the foundations of what will be an incredible 2019 have been put down. Important Technical Achievements over the past twelve months included: Two security releases – 4.2.8p11 and 4.2.8p12 (Details available on the… Read More
Congress Passes The National Timing Security and Resilience Act of 2018
The following is from a recent Resilient Navigation and Timing Foundation update: “This month saw a significant milestone for us with Congress’ passage of the National Timing Security and Resilience Act of 2018 as a part of the regular US Coast Guard authorization bill. The act requires the Secretary of Transportation to establish a difficult… Read More
Redefining The Second
Fascinating article in Science (@sciencemagazine) earlier this year showcasing the great work at NIST and other organizations focused on continually improving time accuracy on the threshold of the 2020s. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/03/better-atomic-clocks-scientists-prepare-redefine-second
BootstrapCDN donates to NTF via OpenCollective
This is a guest post by the maintainers of BootstrapCDN Open Source projects that make up the core infrastructure keeping the internet operating are often taken for granted. Though these projects are not the most exciting projects at first glance, they become the center of attention when there’s a security breach or other disruptive event.… Read More
Secure Time Seeding – improving time keeping in Windows
Excellent time to revisit an informative article written by Sarath Madakasira @Microsoft covering time synchronization solutions on Windows. https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/w32time/2016/09/28/secure-time-seeding-improving-time-keeping-in-windows/
NTF Success Stories – LinuxPTP Under the Sea
For 60 years, the Center for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE) has been providing R&D in support of NATO. The CMRE has advanced oceanographic science and instrumentation, moored scientific platforms, underwater acoustics and communication, conventional and advanced sonar systems, and cetacean risk mitigation policy. It is currently a leading center for advances in unmanned autonomous… Read More
Q1 – Q2 Accomplishments 2018
Network Time Foundation Q1 – Q2 Accomplishments 2018 First, we want to thank all our generous members and donors. As a nonprofit organization, it is all of you who help Network Time Foundation produce and maintain the most reliable, secure and trusted open source network time software, which is so vital to the infrastructure… Read More
NTF’s 2018 Q1 Accomplishments
We want to thank all our generous members and donors. As a nonprofit organization, it is all of you who help Network Time Foundation produce and maintain the most reliable, secure and trusted open source network time software, which is so vital to the infrastructure of our modern world. Software Releases & Other Technical Achievements… Read More
