[ntp:hackers] ntp-dev's ntpd doen't log "synchronized to ..."anymore

Rob Neal hundoj at comcast.net
Tue Dec 8 23:34:03 UTC 2009


seconded.

On Tue, 8 Dec 2009, Todd Glassey wrote:

> David J Taylor wrote:
>>> David J Taylor wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Martin Burnicki wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>> but it would be nice to see the version
>>>>>>> information embedded in the Windows executables (standard for almost
>>>>>>> all
>>>>>>> Windows applications) and to have the NTP icon included at it was
>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>> 4.2.4p6 and perhaps other versions.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'll see if this is natively due to the repos, or due to the GUI
>>>>>> installer.
>>>>>>
>>>>> It's not in there currently. We'd have to add code to add the
>>>>> information to an .rc file. It's one of those things we never seem to
>>>>> have time for.
>>>>>
>>>>> Danny
>>>>>
>>>> It was actually in one of the versions Dave Hart generated - from the
>>>> download: ntpd-QPC-20090614-0900.zip - so /how/ to do it is known for
>>>> at
>>>> least one compiler.
>>>>
>>> I didn't say it's hard to do. It's just the time needed to put it in
>>> place when there are more urgent issues.
>>>
>>> Danny
>>>
>>
>> Noted.  It would just help make NTP look a little more professional, and
>> may help with version checking.
>>
> Let me throw what I hope is the straw that tips this scale here - David
> is 2000% right... Why this is needed is true is that  we live in a world
> where each executable's fingerprint is needed to be included in the log
> files "at process initiation" to properly identify the executable in a
> forensic matter. Its not a nicety that David is asking for its a piece f
> mandatory bookkeeping for TCP's (Trusted Computing Platforms) IMHO.
>
> I propose that the Executable have a  "full logging mode" where it uses
> a token to also identify the executable which is tagged into the log
> files. DO NOT WORRY ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE LOGFILES... Storage is cheaper
> and cheaper and knowledge is king. So we need this information to
> properly qualify forensic data from NTP.
>
> Todd Glassey
>> David
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>> No virus found in this incoming message.
>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
>> Version: 8.5.426 / Virus Database: 270.14.97/2550 - Release Date: 12/07/09 07:33:00
>>
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
> hackers mailing list
> hackers at lists.ntp.org
> https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/hackers
>


More information about the hackers mailing list