[tor-relays] NTP and tor

Vinícius Zavam egypcio at googlemail.com
Thu Aug 2 21:01:18 UTC 2018


2018-08-01 1:19 GMT+00:00 grarpamp <grarpamp at gmail.com>:
>
> > Which of these do you use on your relays?
>
> Some people may or may not consider relays
> (in general, overlay network nodes) to be
> a separate class of unix box subject to whatever
> various concerns, differential administration, etc.
>
> Let's call it a unix box.
> It's FreeBSD 11.
>
> If you use FreeBSD's packages, ntpsec... while having forked the former
> ntp.org client in a fine direction (see ntpsec's website)... is not
> yet available
> in pkg form, the rest are. It compiles and works fine.
> Among the rest, if you want to interface with GPS, PPS, radio, old random
HW,
> use exotic timing schemes, graph logs, kitchen sink... that's more like
ntp.org,
> which has a historically large community, and is still the one shipped
with
> the FreeBSD base system.
> OpenNTPD is very lean and from the security family of OpenBSD.
> In the bump style of ntpdate, tlsdate is more of a
> comparator / last ditch anti-censorship tool.
>
> For basic network sync, try openntpd.
> New to FreeBSD and want their help, go with their base ntp.org.
> Old school time-nut, ntp.org, or if...
> Looking for other new perspectives, ntpsec.
> Stuck in a hole and can't tell noon from midnight, tlsdate.
>
> There's no single answer. I've used them all.

if you can, setup a stratum 1, but... regarding openntpd at freebsd;
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-configure-openntpd-on-freebsd-10-2


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