Chances are you’ve heard about network protocol in the past but likely have little idea of what it is all about. For sure right now, we can say that there are different types of network protocols ...

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 ...

Most Hackaday readers will be familiar with the idea of a network time server; a magical box nestled away in some distant data center that runs the Network Time Protocol (NTP) and allows us to ...

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 ...

I've got what might be an unusual request-- I simply haven't ever tried to do it and manufacturer specs aren't helping much. What I'm looking for is a home-class router where the unit will also serve ...

A mysterious issue is affecting the default Windows NTP server (time.windows.com), according to multiple complaints coming from Reddit and Twitter users, screwing up everyone's computer clocks. Based ...

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 ...

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) ...

NTP amplification DDoS attacks are on the rise despite an effort to close off the holes in network time protocol servers that enable such attacks. An ever-shrinking number of vulnerable network time ...