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.

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

Windows.

Windows Server.

MacOS.

Linux.


Name

Role

Date

Michael Laurentius

Author

Sue McGlashan

Approver (Manager)

Reviewer