Re: on the NTP security issues and fixes

2016-05-04 Thread Gary E. Miller
Yo All! I pulled git head, running it now on a server in place of chronyd. Seems to work OK. I'll keep an eye on it. A couple things I note right away, consider them non-critical feature requests. I really like the chronyd socket interface over the SHM one. The user is not playing with magic

Re: on the NTP security issues and fixes

2016-05-04 Thread Eric S. Raymond
Daniel Franke : > Well, that was scary and a little overwhelming but it turns out we're > in remarkably good shape: I've now merged patches for what look to be > the only three out of the eleven issues that impact us, and two of > those only dubiously qualify as vulnerabilities at all. Before I ask

Re: on the NTP security issues and fixes

2016-05-04 Thread Daniel Franke
Well, that was scary and a little overwhelming but it turns out we're in remarkably good shape: I've now merged patches for what look to be the only three out of the eleven issues that impact us, and two of those only dubiously qualify as vulnerabilities at all. Before I ask Mark to tag a release I

Re: RaspbPi HOWTO

2016-05-04 Thread Frank
> On May 4, 2016, at 2:17 PM, Hal Murray wrote: > > > bellyac...@gmail.com said: >> Reply to self. Nevermind, simply apt-get install rpi-update on the Jessie >> Lite image. > > Does anybody understand rpi-update? > > Why is an extra program required rather than being packaged so that the

Re: RaspbPi HOWTO

2016-05-04 Thread Hal Murray
bellyac...@gmail.com said: > Reply to self. Nevermind, simply apt-get install rpi-update on the Jessie > Lite image. Does anybody understand rpi-update? Why is an extra program required rather than being packaged so that the typical apt-get update+upgrade updates those files? What is the re

Re: Reference clocks.

2016-05-04 Thread Gary E. Miller
Yo Hal! On Wed, 04 May 2016 01:04:14 -0700 Hal Murray wrote: > > and still USB 1.1: > > That's unlikely to change. > > It's a hack that lets them use thinner cable. The signaling is > slower so they don't need as much shielding to pass EMI. > > Compare the size of the cable on a typical US

Re: RaspbPi HOWTO

2016-05-04 Thread Gary E. Miller
Yo Mike! On Wed, 4 May 2016 08:58:48 -0400 Mike wrote: > > As the pps-gpio module is in April 2016 it has a flaw. It catches > > only one edge of the PPS. You have a 50/50 chance you are seeing the > > trailing edge rather than the leading edge (which is the actual top > > of second). A patch t

Re: RaspbPi HOWTO

2016-05-04 Thread Eric S. Raymond
Mike : > With the references here to having a gui, does this imply NOOBS? I started > with the > latest image from here https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/ > specifically Rasbian Jessie Lite. Console only already, just dd to a card > and boot... NOOBS was the intention. I like the i

Re: RaspbPi HOWTO

2016-05-04 Thread Mike
On 05/04/2016 08:58 AM, Mike wrote: # rpi-update I'm on a Pi, this command isn't found, see references to it all over. Perhaps it is obsolete? Reply

Re: RaspbPi HOWTO

2016-05-04 Thread Mike
On 05/03/2016 06:16 PM, Eric S. Raymond wrote: == Initial configuration in the GUI (Pi only) == Plug in a monitor, a mouse, and keyboard, and a live Ethernet cable; power up the Pi. Go through your normal configuration - hostname, keyboard layout, timezone, locale, etc. I'm gathering here the u

Re: Reference clocks.

2016-05-04 Thread Hal Murray
> and still USB 1.1: That's unlikely to change. It's a hack that lets them use thinner cable. The signaling is slower so they don't need as much shielding to pass EMI. Compare the size of the cable on a typical USB GPS mouse with a typical real USB cable. -- These are my opinions. I hate s

Re: Pi HOWTO

2016-05-04 Thread Hal Murray
> There is a case like that from GeauxRobot available through Amazon. ... Thanks. That's the one I was thinking about. -- These are my opinions. I hate spam. ___ devel mailing list devel@ntpsec.org http://lists.ntpsec.org/mailman/listinfo/devel