Gentoo Archives: gentoo-security

From: Marc Ballarin <Ballarin.Marc@×××.de>
To: gentoo-security@l.g.o
Cc: pjvenda@××××××××××××.org, cgysin@×××.ch
Subject: Re: [gentoo-security] grsec Resource logging
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 14:39:04
Message-Id: 20050814162933.799bb81c.Ballarin.Marc@gmx.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-security] grsec Resource logging by Pedro Venda
1 On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 12:01:14 +0000
2 Pedro Venda <pjvenda@××××××××××××.org> wrote:
3
4 >
5 > the same happens to me. I haven't given it much importance because ntpd works
6 > ok even with grsec interference.
7 >
8 > > What is wrong here?
9 >
10 > still I'd also like to clarify this.
11
12 I think this locking is done in order to ensure that ntpd is able to
13 adjust time even under heavy load.
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15 So, if ntpd can't lock itself into memory, time-keeping might become
16 inaccurate when ntpd is paged out on a loaded system.
17
18 Regards
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