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2020 Achievements and Milestones

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The first quarter of 2020 has earned a place in history. Everything changed, including the way we live, work and play. But as the saying goes, “the show must go on,” – and it did. Despite the unique challenges 2020 held, Network Time Foundation had much to celebrate: Q1 Achievements Network Time Protocol 4.2.8p14 was… Read More

Network Time Foundation Third Quarter

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As 2020 winds down we reflect on an eventful third quarter at Network Time Foundation.  In early September, wildfires destroyed a large percentage of the town of Talent, Oregon, where NTF is headquartered.  We are extremely thankful there were no NTF injuries or property damage and operations continued as usual.  But it did make the… Read More

Q2 2020 – NTF Accomplishments

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Q2 2020 will always be remembered as an exceptionally challenging time.  Nevertheless, Network Time Foundation continued our important mission of providing unparalleled time synchronization technology and still made substantial progress in nearly every area of our operations. Accomplishments we are most proud of include: June Public Release of ntp-4.2.8p15 See: https://www.nwtime.org/p15-has-spread-its-wings-and-embarked-in-flight/ New Project Volunteers including:… Read More

NTF First Quarter 2020!

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Network Time Foundation made great progress during the first quarter of 2020.  The following list of accomplishments and events outline tremendous efforts by our growing team of consultants and volunteers.  In addition to attendance at important industry events, Achievements over the past three months include: Network Time Protocol 4.2.8p14 was released – “P14 Is Go”:… Read More

Team Cymru Joins Growing Number of Network Time Foundation Members

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Network Time Foundation (NTF) today announced that Team Cymru, cyber threat intelligence pioneer and provider of threat hunting and incident response solutions, has joined the foundation as members of the NTP (Network Time Protocol) Consortium, Time Source Consortium, and the General TimeStamp API Consortium.  Read more: https://www.prweb.com/releases/team_cymru_joins_growing_number_of_network_time_foundation_members/prweb16986566.htm  

P14 IS GO!

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NTP-4.2.8p14 Release and Security Vulnerability Announcement The NTP Project at Network Time Foundation publicly released ntp-4.2.8p14 on Tuesday, 03 March 2020. This release fixes three security issues in ntpd: NONE: Sec 3610: process_control() should bail earlier on short packets. Reported by Philippe Antoine (Catena cyber with oss-fuzz). MEDIUM: Sec 3596: Unauthenticated ntpd may be susceptible to IPv4 spoof attack from… Read More

Network Time Foundation 2019 Accomplishments!

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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 Completion of IDT Driver Project (a Renesas Company) 4… Read More

March 2019 ntp-4.2.8p13 NTP Release and Security Vulnerability Announcement

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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

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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