From shawn at redhat.com Thu Aug 20 11:31:01 2015 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============2022882180440017533==" MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Shawn Wells To: scap-security-guide at lists.fedorahosted.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 17/17] Mapped CCI-000160 to enable_ntpd and ntpd_specify_remote_server Date: Tue, 01 May 2012 20:34:57 -0400 Message-ID: <4FA08131.3010107@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: 1335914343-22781-18-git-send-email-wsantos@redhat.com --===============2022882180440017533== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 5/1/12 7:19 PM, Willy Santos wrote: > CCI-000160 requires the OS to synchronize system clocks with organization= -defined authoritative time source, enable_ntpd and ntpd_specify_remote_ser= ver meet this requirement. > > Signed-off-by: Willy Santos > --- > rhel6/src/input/services/ntp.xml | 4 ++++ > 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/rhel6/src/input/services/ntp.xml b/rhel6/src/input/services/= ntp.xml > index 5034882..b1390ed 100644 > --- a/rhel6/src/input/services/ntp.xml > +++ b/rhel6/src/input/services/ntp.xml > @@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ The NTP server configuration file is located at/etc= /ntp.conf. > Enable the NTP Daemon > If this machine is an NTP server, ensure thatntpd= is enabled at boot time. > + > > Enable the NTP Daemon > Thentpd service should be enabled. > @@ -50,8 +51,10 @@ Enabling thentpd service ensures that the lo= cal system time will be th > > > > + > > > + > > Specify a Remote NTP Server for Time Data > Find the IP address of an appropriate remote NTP server an= d configurentpd to use it to obtain accurate time data. If your s= ite does not require time data to be accurate, but merely to be synchronize= d among local machines, this step can be omitted, and the NTP server will d= efault to providing time data from the local clock. However, it is a good i= dea to periodically synchronize the clock to some source of accurate time, = even if it is not appropriate to do so automatically. > @@ -69,6 +72,7 @@ Synchonizingntpd with an accurate clock makes= it easier to collate sys > > > > + > > > Ack --===============2022882180440017533==--