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LEAP Second Security Vulnerability - Urgent - Attention please answer ASAP.

LEAP Second Security Vulnerability - Urgent - Attention please answer ASAP.

Paul11
Contributor
When do LEAP Second Security Vulnerability will happen again in end of December 2016???

Is Vulnerability or 2015 002 or any Leap Second going to happen end of this December 2016???

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Paul11
Contributor
the next leap second will be inserted on December 31, 2016, at 23:59:60 UTC. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_second

Are Extreme Networks products vulnerable to Leap Second?

Is it going to effect to all extreme xos ???

any different between this.

Timezone: [Auto DST Disabled] GMT Offset: 0 minutes, name is UTC.

current my timezone is as SIN. Will still Vulnerability?

Timezone: [Auto DST Disabled] GMT Offset: 480 minutes, name is SIN.

if yes. what time should i follow to disable ntp at UTC time?
Disable ntpd for at least 24 hours before leap second period (command: "disable ntp".)

The next leap second will be inserted on December 31, 2016, at 23:59:60 UTC.

For Singapore time.

disable ntp at 07:59:30 AM, 1 January, 2017 SIN
enable ntp at 08:00:30 AM, 1 January, 2017 SIN

Paul,

Pleasure assisting you..... 

Vellachery / Ronald,

Noted and thanks. No choice i have to disable and enable ntp. 

Paul,

Rightly said Ronald... 

If you are running NTP. The workaround is to disable NTP at least 24 hours before the leap second.



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