In a message written on Tue, May 10, 2016 at 08:23:04PM +0000, Mel Beckman wrote:
All because of misplaced trust in a tiny UDP packet that can worm its way into your network from anywhere on the Internet.
I say you’re crazy if you don’t run a GPS-based NTP server, especially given that they cost as little as $300 for very solid gear. Heck, get two or three!
You're replacing one single point of failure with another. Personally, my network gets NTP from 14 stratum 1 sources right now. You, and the hacker, do not know which ones. You have to guess at least 8 to get me to move to your "hacked" time. Good luck. Redundancy is the solution, not a new single point of failure. GPS can be part of the redundancy, not a sole solution. -- Leo Bicknell - bicknell@ufp.org PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/