David J Taylor wrote: > Prenard wrote: >> Dear all, >> >> Is their a possibility in Windows XP or 2003 to make a secure >> connection to one of the public pool time servers? >> If a secure connection to my Windows and to the a public server is >> possible, what kind of authentication method should i configure on my >> 2003 server? Windows can communicate with different security methods: >> - Ecryption and integrity >> - Integrity only >> - Custom: AH and/or ESP (ntegrity with SHA1 or MD5 and Encryption >> algorithm with 3DES or DES) >> >> I want to pay more attention on the security leaks from my server to >> the public connection. >> >> Thank you to help me! >> >> Patrice > > Patrice, > > I think it unlikely you will be able to use W32Time to make a secure NTP > connection, but you might want to check out the security options in NTP. > There is a Windows port of NTP here: > > http://www.meinberg.de/english/sw/ntp.htm > > I'm not sure if any of the pool servers will support a "secure" > connection, though, and perhaps someone can tell us? > There is no such thing as a secure NTP server. You can authenticate a server if you are given the client side keys but that's the best you can do.
Danny > People also tend to run NTP on Firewalls or DMZ servers to provide > security isolation. > > David > > > _______________________________________________ > questions mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ntp.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/questions > _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
