Outline for NTP BCP

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Started: April 2015

• Keeping your NTP Deployment up to date
• General Network Security Best Practices
  • BCP 38
• NTP Configuration / Security Best Practices
  • Mode 6/7
    • Use appropriate restrict lines
  • Autokey [HMS: Don't use it.]
  • Using pool servers
• NTP in Embedded Devices
  • Provide an update mechanism
  • Implement/respect KISS codes
  • Get a vendor subdomain for pool usage
• Noteworthy NTP Configuration Examples
  • Client-only configuration
  • Server-only configuration
  • Anycast

More general topics that may be added if they have acceptable text and fit in

• "Carrier Grade" NTP : What is it?
• "Cloud" NTP
• Propagation of Leap Second information in NTP
• NTP on Virtual Machines