[CentOS] NTPD ?

On May 25, 2007, at 8:17 AM, Kenneth Porter wrote:

>> It won't violently explode, but time going backwards can cause   
>> problems.
>> For example, "make" can produce incorrect rebuilds due to  improper
>> ordering of timestamps.
>
> Will security-sensitive apps like sshd complain and refuse access,  
> assuming some kind of exploit is in progress?

Deliberately breaking? Maybe, but not that I know of. There are some  
things that won't work if the clock's just too far off - like  
Kerberos issues tickets valid for five minutes, so a delta between  
the KDC and the host of more than that will cause problems.

-- 
Scott Lamb <http://www.slamb.org/>