Re: ntpd: leap-seconds.list expiration

From: Philip Paeps <philip_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2023 06:32:45 UTC
On 2023-12-13 12:03:02 (+0800), Michael Proto wrote:
> Noticed recently (in both my upgraded and newly-installed hosts) that 
> the
> leap-seconds.list file is in danger of expiration very soon (12/28).

Note that there is no actual "danger" here.  No leap second will be 
introduced at the end of 2023, so the contents of the current 
leap-seconds.list are accurate.  Nothing bad will happen.  Moreover, 
ntpd only uses leap-seconds.list as a last resort.  If peers have leap 
second information, ntpd will pick that up.

Having said that, we should do something about the scary warning.

Xin submitted a draft EN.  The security-officer team will pick that up.

Philip


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Philip Paeps
Senior Reality Engineer
Alternative Enterprises