The system must use at least two time sources for clock synchronization.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-227562	GEN000242	SV-227562r505926_rule		Medium

Description
A synchronized system clock is critical for the enforcement of time-based policies and the correlation of logs and audit records with other systems. For redundancy, two time sources are required so synchronization continues to function if one source fails. If the system is completely isolated (no connections to networks or other systems), time synchronization is not required as no correlation of events or operation of time-dependent protocols between systems will be necessary. If the system is completely isolated, this requirement is not applicable. NOTE: For the Network Time Protocol (NTP), the requirement is two servers, but it is recommended to configure at least four distinct time servers which allow NTP to effectively exclude a time source not consistent with the others. The system's local clock must be excluded from the count of time sources.

Description

A synchronized system clock is critical for the enforcement of time-based policies and the correlation of logs and audit records with other systems. For redundancy, two time sources are required so synchronization continues to function if one source fails. If the system is completely isolated (no connections to networks or other systems), time synchronization is not required as no correlation of events or operation of time-dependent protocols between systems will be necessary. If the system is completely isolated, this requirement is not applicable. NOTE: For the Network Time Protocol (NTP), the requirement is two servers, but it is recommended to configure at least four distinct time servers which allow NTP to effectively exclude a time source not consistent with the others. The system's local clock must be excluded from the count of time sources.

STIG	Date
Solaris 10 X86 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2020-09-04

Details

Check Text ( C-29724r488222_chk )
Determine the zone that you are currently securing. # zonename If the command output is not "global", this is not applicable. Check the NTP daemon configuration for at least two external servers. # grep '^server' /etc/inet/ntp.conf \| egrep -v '(127.127.1.1\|127.127.1.0)' If less than two servers or external reference clocks (127.127.x.x other than 127.127.1.0 or 127.127.1.1) are listed, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-29724r488222_chk )

Determine the zone that you are currently securing.

# zonename

If the command output is not "global", this is not applicable.

Check the NTP daemon configuration for at least two external servers.
# grep '^server' /etc/inet/ntp.conf | egrep -v '(127.127.1.1|127.127.1.0)'
If less than two servers or external reference clocks (127.127.x.x other than 127.127.1.0 or 127.127.1.1) are listed, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-29712r488223_fix)
Add an additional server line to /etc/inet/ntp.conf for each additional NTP server.