[TriLUG] Time lag post kernel update

[Jeff Bollinger]

Aren't there some security issues with NTPD?  I seem to remember reading 
something recently about a hole in some NTP software, though I don't 
know if it has been remedied with a set of patches.

Jeff

Jeremy P wrote:

> On Tue, 5 Mar 2002, Kevin Hunter wrote:
> 
> 
>>I posted about this a couple of weeks ago, but now I have the same
>>symptom on a 2nd RH 7.2 box.  I have a development and a production
>>RH 7.2 system.  I run ntpdate once every morning to resync the
>>clocks.  Yes, I know about ntpd, but it's not that critical that the
>>times are that accurate.  
>>
> 
> I guess my question is -- if you're so concerned about the time lag, then
> why don't you just install ntpd?  It's quite easy to set up (see previous
> discussions on this group), and will solve this problem permanently.
> 
> I agree it's strange that a kernel upgrade appeared to affect the clock,
> but if you just get ntpd working, you'll never have to worry about it
> anymore!  Sure, it's treating the symptom and not the cause, but sometimes
> that's the quickest, easiest way to fix a problem.
> 
> --Jeremy
> 
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