• [$] An effort to secure the Network Time Protocol

    From LWN.net@1337:1/100 to All on Wed Feb 25 14:30:08 2026
    [$] An effort to secure the Network Time Protocol

    Date:
    Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:26:21 +0000

    Description:
    The Network Time
    Protocol (NTP) debuted in 1985; it is a universally used, open
    specification that is deeply important for all sorts of activities we
    take for granted. It also, despite a number of efforts, remains
    stubbornly unsecured. Ruben Nijveld presented work at FOSDEM 2026 to
    speed adoption of the thus-far largely ignored standard for securing
    NTP traffic: IETF's RFC-8915 that specifies Network Time
    Security (NTS) for NTP.

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    Link to news story:
    https://lwn.net/Articles/1059200/


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