I frequently use ntpdate from a cron job rather than running a full blown xntpd server.
Matthew ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sign the petition to let Ralph Nader in the Presidential Debates! http://www.votenader.org/debates/ 93222 signatures and not a damn thing from the CPD.... On Mon, 9 Oct 2000, Christian Hammers wrote: > Hi > > I'm wondering if the ntp protocol that operates mainly in UDP can be > used on a firewall server (to syncronise logfiles) or if it is too > insecure. > > The only information useable for "security" seems, according to ethereal, > the originate time stamp which means that an attacker has to be very fast > to read this and send an own, faked packet faster than the original asked > server. > > What would you recommend as time syncroniser on a firewall? > (No big-company thing that would be worth to buy an DCF77 clock for it's > own, just a fun project...) > > bye, > > -christian- > > -- > Christian Hammers WESTEND GmbH - Aachen und Dueren Tel 0241/701333-0 > [email protected] Internet & Security for Professionals Fax 0241/911879 > WESTEND ist CISCO Systems Partner - Premium Certified > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
