[ntp:questions] Secure NTP

jimp at specsol.spam.sux.com jimp at specsol.spam.sux.com
Sun Mar 27 21:36:30 UTC 2011


Uwe Klein <uwe_klein_habertwedt at t-online.de> wrote:
> jimp at specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
>> One more time, if time is critical to your operation you do NOT have one
>> and only one NTP server.
> 
> One more time, the times of well designed protocolls
> and infrastructure software are gone ;-)
> Today the PHB and his idiot savant minions rule.
>> 
>> You have serveral servers with local GPS and CDMA NTP boxes.
>> 
>> Let's see you spoof the Internet, GPS, and CDMA all at the same time.
>> 
>> 
> Pfft. you don't have to.
> 
> The GFC is not only witness to the haphazard portfolio of  products traded
> but also the (lack of) basic understanding brought to financial infrastructure.
> 
> IMHO, It is not well designed with an eye on faulttolerance, congestion, ...
> 
> uwe

Non sequitur.

-- 
Jim Pennino

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