[ntp:questions] Private certificate authentication
David L. Mills
mills at udel.edu
Sat Sep 8 15:40:44 UTC 2007
Mike,
Use -P -T options with the ntp-keygen program to generate parameters,
keys and a private certificate. But, remember that the PC scheme is
essentially a symmetric key scheme. Unless you have specific need for
the PC scheme, you might use as well the MD5 symmetric key scheme.
Dave
Mike Toler wrote:
> Does anyone know where I can find an example of using Private
> Certificates for authentication of NTP servers (or can write a quick
> example of how to set it up)?
>
> I've gone through every document I can find on NTP authentication, and
> see it mentioned, but never really described in detail.
>
> Michael Toler
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