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OpenNTPD Goals

Our goal is to make NTP ubiquitous by providing a free simple implementation that is secure and easy to configure.

  • Be as secure as possible. Code carefully, do strict validity checks especially in the network input path, and use bounded buffer operations. Use privilege separation to mitigate the effects of possible security bugs.
  • Provide a lean implementation, sufficient for a majority. Don't try to support each and every obscure usage case, but cover the typical ones.
  • Try to "Just Work" in the background.
  • Work with just a minimum of configuration.
  • Interoperate in the best possible way with the NTP pools cluster, by supporting DNS lookups safely.
  • Reach a reasonable accuracy. Do not sacrifice secure design for getting that last nanosecond or obscure edge case.
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