Re: [PLUG] Possible talk on NTPsec?

I know there has been interest previously in hearing about NTP-sec. I guess the question isn't "if" but "when".

On Sep 12, 2016 9:52 AM, "Tom Hornberger" <tom.hornberger@verizon.net> wrote:

I'd like to hear about it. PLUG West conveniently lacks a scheduled topic on the19th! :)

Tom

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From: Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
To: plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
Sent: Mon, Sep 12, 2016 9:48 am
Subject: [PLUG] Possible talk on NTPsec?

It's been many years since I gave a PLUG talk. Now I have a topic I'd
like to raise awareness of.

I've spent the last 18 months leading a project called NTPsec, a
massive cleanup and refactoring of the Internet time-service daemon
code intended among other things to seriously improve security; the
reference implementation we forked from is notoriously vulnerable to use
as a DDoS amplifier.

The story of NTPsec has some useful lessons about writing
low-defect-rate code, reduction of attack surface as a security
strategy, and the underappreciated impact of Unix API standardization.

The project is at https://www.ntpsec.org/
--
<a href="" href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/" target="_blank">http://www.catb.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>

Fantastic doctrines (like Christianity or Islam or Marxism) require unanimity
of belief. One dissenter casts doubt on the creed of millions. Thus the fear
and the hate; thus the torture chamber, the iron stake, the gallows, the labor
camp, the psychiatric ward. -- Edward Abbey
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