Local clock inaccuracy is so miniscule as to not merit mention with respect to NTP. (around three orders of magnitude difference). Click to expand... For bare metal, yes. For virtual, no. Fire up ntpd ...

An apparent technical issue with a Microsoft server is leading to a number of users and data centers running Windows to receive the wrong time and date. The issue appears to stem from a network time ...

Sometime on the morning of April 3, Microsoft's Network Time Protocol (NTP) servers went haywire. At first, Microsoft's NTP server (time.windows.com) reported the time being an hour later than it ...

Setting up a Unix system to be an NTP client is generally straightforward. On those Unix platforms that include NTP in the default configuration, you may only need to make a few adjustments to NTP’s ...

I have a few dumb devices (Gemtec IoT LoraWAN gateways) on one network that rely on NTP to function correctly. After they were installed, they worked for about 1 day then stopped relaying sensor info ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. At the beginning of the year, the United States Computer ...

Windows Server admins should establish one authoritative time source for their organization. Rick Vanover explains how to configure the authoritative time source. Time management is one of the more ...

The number of NTP (Network Time Protocol) servers that can be abused to amplify DDoS attacks has decreased dramatically this year, but the threat remains. DDoS (distributed denial of service) ...

US-CERT issued an alert warning of the recent rash of network time protocol (NTP) amplification attacks. NTP attacks have been blamed for recent DDoS attacks against popular online gaming sites.