Synchronize system's time with a U of T time server

Purpose

Synchronizing your system's time with an authoritative source, such as the University of Toronto's time servers, is a foundational requirement for detecting and investigating security concerns through accurate system and audit logs.

Audience

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Initial considerations

Use of institutionally managed solutions.

• Are you using an institutional managed system? If yes, then you don’t need to worry about altering your system time server.

What can I do?

U of T Network Time Protocol (NTP) Servers.

• 0.pool.utoronto.ca

• 1.pool.utoronto.ca

• 2.pool.utoronto.ca

Setting up your device to synchronize with the above time servers.

Windows.

• How to manage time servers on Windows 10

Windows Server.

• Configure an authoritative time - Windows Server

MacOS.

• Synchronize your Mac's Clock with a Time Server | Macinstruct

Linux.

• https://linux.die.net/man/8/ntpd

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Additional help

General

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Researchers

Research Information Security - Information Security at University of Toronto

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