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
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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
Stratum Servers & The Challenges Of Geography
Fascinating article on implementing stratum servers in lesser-developed areas of the world: https://publicntp.org/blog/posts/What-Goes-Into-Deployment.html
An Appropriate Time For A Reminder
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NTP Packet Capture
Great blog post on capturing and wire-sharking the Network Time Protocol: https://blog.webernetz.net/packet-capture-network-time-protocol-ntp/