Danny Mayer wrote: > Todd Glassey CISM CIFI wrote: > >> Danny Mayer wrote: >> >>> tglassey wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Danny Mayer wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Scott Haneda wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> On Jun 15, 2009, at 8:59 AM, Todd Glassey CISM CIFI wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>> You should be running ntpd as a daemon. That will keep the clock in >>>>>>>> synch and you never have to touch it. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> Which creates an audit issue and security profile which always needs >>>>>>> to be watched. NTPD is not the answer for everyone Danny. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> Can you elaborate on this? I see that ntpdate and ntpd can both be >>>>>> made >>>>>> to do the same thing in my case, which is a non daemonized single >>>>>> instance setting of time. >>>>>> >>>>>> If I do not plan on making a daemon, and just running it once a >>>>>> hour on >>>>>> schedule, as well as in a reboot of the machine after the >>>>>> interfaces are >>>>>> up, what would my concerns be? >>>>>> >>>>>> If I do decide to run ntpd as a daemon, what audit/secuirty issues >>>>>> should I be looking into? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thank you Todd. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> He's just blowing fud. >>>>> >>>>> Danny >>>>> >>>>> >>>> No Danny I was speaking from an audit perspective. No FUD here - just >>>> reality. >>>> >>>> >>> There are no audit requirements here. That's the reality. >>> >>> >> No Danny that is your reality - the commercial users of NTP are the ones >> who need the audit process. >> >> > > He's not a commercial user and most commercial users don't need audit in > the way you assert. > Danny ALL commercial users do need to apply evidence grade reality to their time management practices. That this bothers you is understandable - being accountable is a pain in the arse eh?
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