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
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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
Network Time Foundation Publishes NTP 4.2.8p12
This release improves on one security issue in ntpd: LOW/MEDIUM: Sec 3012 / CVE-2016-1549 / CVE-2018-7170 /: Sybil vulnerability: ephemeral association attack While fixed in ntp-4.2.8p7 and with significant additional protections for this issue in 4.2.8p11, ntp-4.2.8p12 includes a fix for an edge case in the new noepeer support. Originally reported by Matt Van Gundy… Read More
