From c74c93e8b4759323994e7c11ac3db6fd048b7a65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter W Smith Date: Apr 24 2021 13:45:21 +0000 Subject: ntpsec release notes --- diff --git a/modules/release-notes/pages/sysadmin/System_Utilities.adoc b/modules/release-notes/pages/sysadmin/System_Utilities.adoc index 05c5a23..b55819e 100644 --- a/modules/release-notes/pages/sysadmin/System_Utilities.adoc +++ b/modules/release-notes/pages/sysadmin/System_Utilities.adoc @@ -2,3 +2,17 @@ include::{partialsdir}/entities.adoc[] [[sect-system-utilities]] = System Utilities + +== NTPsec + +`ntpsec` replaces `ntp` in Fedora 34. +`ntpsec` is designed with the highest security standards in mind and its focus is to be a more secure implementation of `ntp`. +This change improves the overall security of Fedora, as `ntp` contained a number of vulnerabilities that had been exploited in recent years and were not fixed, nor were fixes considered likely to come soon. +`ntpsec` is an open-source, actively maintained, fork of `ntp` and improves on it by removing obsolete code, updating the codebase, and adding additional features. + +There are not likely to be any visible effects for Fedora users: `ntpsec` is already almost fully compatible with `ntp` and so existing settings should continue to function for most users. +There are very minor functional changes between `ntpsec` and `ntp`, as described https://docs.ntpsec.org/latest/ntpsec.html[here], and so there is the potential for limited problems to occur. +If problems do occur, then check system logs from the `ntpd` service and modify `/etc/ntpd/conf` as necessary, see the https://docs.ntpsec.org/latest/[documentation for NTPsec]. + +The latest version, v1.20, is available in Fedora 34. +See the https://gitlab.com/NTPsec/ntpsec/-/blob/master/NEWS.adoc[NTPsec project news page] for information about the latest version compared to prior releases.