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    mk mk

    one hurdle for setting up time service: there's a recent vulnerability, NOT yet patched in Debian, that could make the server vulnerable to a DDoS attack. That means I could specifically enable Nikola (fixed IP address) but not Dennis (lappy). So, I could set up my LAN to get time from a London server (via Hedy the Linode), which would work for Dennis-at-home, too; but Dennis-anywhere should use a server selected from a local pool to get something close. I don't know yet if I can then select by stratum... # # #

    Saturday, 16-May-15 11:29:31 UTC from oracle.skilledtests.com
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      @mk more info here: http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice # # ntp-4.2.8 is patched, latest @ Debian is 4.2.6 :(

      Saturday, 16-May-15 11:31:58 UTC from oracle.skilledtests.com
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      mk mk

      @mk It seems there's not even a bug for this yet (unless I'm looking in the wrong place?): https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?maint=pkg-ntp-maintainers%40lists.alioth.debian.org # # #

      Saturday, 16-May-15 11:48:27 UTC from oracle.skilledtests.com