NTP Security

Definitions

1. The protection of network time synchronization against spoofing, tampering, misuse, or dependency failures. NTP security matters because bad time can break logs, certificates, authentication, distributed systems, and forensic timelines across an environment.

   In plain English: Security for the systems that keep device clocks synchronized.

   Example: "The team locked down NTP security after discovering servers would accept unauthenticated time responses from arbitrary hosts."

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