[Cialug] NTP Question

[Todd Walton]

On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 10:46 AM Brett Neese <brneese at brneese.com> wrote:

> It’s both a security and a technical reason. Having the time jump forward
> would be very bad and so NTP assumes that if there’s a big jump forward
> then the server is sending it bad data/is compromised. The usual way NTP
> adjusts time isn’t by changing the clock - instead, it slows down or speeds
> up time itself in order for the clock to catch up with the “real” time.
>
> There’s a great, short, talk that goes into this in more detail I highly
> recommend:
> https://youtu.be/MDmNvVG9AnQ


Awesome! Thank you, Brett.

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Todd