Defining advanced NTP configurations on the BIG-IP system

Information

NTP is a protocol for synchronizing the clocks of computer systems over the network. On BIG-IP systems, accurate time stamps are essential to guarantee the correct behavior of a number of features.
While in most cases it is sufficient to configure a couple of time servers that the BIG-IP system will use to update its system time, it is also possible to define more advanced NTP configurations on the BIG-IP system.

Solution

Secure NTPD to work only as a client using ntp.conf

Item Details

Category: AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

References: 800-53|AU-8(1)

Plugin: F5

Control ID: 4ccfde0551d0278f5ace9bf7326e87c71a01bda74f54b5d87132306453564b69