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Re: What package contains the time daemon?



On 2015-07-26 02:31:45 +0200, Michael Biebl wrote:
> You can have a client, which is a daemon.
> ntp implements both, an NTP client and server.
> systemd-timesyncd only implements a client (running as daemon).
> chrony, fwiw, is another client (running as daemon).
> ntpdate is a client (triggered via if-up.d hooks).

Unfortunately none of them is secure, I mean: some attacker won't
tend to make the date on your machine incorrect because of lack
of authentication.

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