Blog posts for `ntpd-rs`
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Enabling pools in NTS
The Network Time Protocol is the last major security gap in universally used Internet protocols. Pools of secure time servers (NTS) are the solution; what is an NTS pool and how can we build them? Read more ... -
ISPCS paper: Estimating noise for clock-synchronizing Kalman filters
Our Statime project now provides strong synchronization performance and accurate synchronization error estimates. David's paper, soon to be published by the IEEE, describes our Kalman-based approach. Read more ... -
More Memory Safety for Let’s Encrypt: Deploying ntpd-rs
When we look at the general security posture of Let’s Encrypt, one of the things that worries us most is how much of the operating system and network infrastructure is written in unsafe languages like C and C++. Read more ... -
A safe Internet requires secure time
The internet has a hole at the bottom of its trust stack, and we need to do something about it. In particular, the internet needs secure time synchronization to fortify the security of our digital world. Read more ... -
On Rust, Memory Safety, and Open Source Infrastructure
Addressing memory safety in critical infrastructure is a complex issue with multiple approaches. The Sovereign Tech Fund supports several initiatives, including Pendulum's memory safe Network Time Protocol, that is highlighted in this article. Read more ... -
Providing official Fedora Linux RPM packages for ntpd-rs and sudo-rs
Memory safe NTP and sudo are now in Fedora Linux. Read more ...