How did ntpd got pacthed to prevent NTP time synchronization attacks?

I recently tested the NTP Time Synchronization Attack as desribed and demonstrated by Jose Selvi in 2015.
Basically, the attack was mostly used to send the victim’s clock in the future, so the already cached HTTP Strict Transport Security … Continue reading How did ntpd got pacthed to prevent NTP time synchronization attacks?

Colorful Quinary Clock Makes the Most Out of Five Neopixels

If binary digits are bits, are quinary digits “quits”? Perhaps, but whatever you call them, you’re going to have to wrap your head around some new concepts in order to make sense of this quinary display clock.

Why quinary? [Spike Snell] wanted to minimize the number of LEDs, and 5 …read more

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Quarantine Clock Answers the Important Question

For many people, these last few weeks have been quite an adjustment. When the normal routine of work or school is suddenly removed, it’s not unusual for your internal clock to get knocked out of alignment. It might have started with struggling to figure out if it was time for …read more

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A Network Attached VFD Tube Clock

The elegance of Power over Ethernet (PoE) is that you can provide network connectivity and power over a single cable. Unfortunately not nearly enough hardware seems to support this capability, forcing intrepid hackers to take matters into their own hands. The latest in this line of single-cable creations is this …read more

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