Import ntp-4.2.8p18 (previous was ntp-4.2.8p15

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(4.2.8p18) 2024/05/25 Released by Harlan Stenn <stenn@ntp.org>

* [Bug 3918] Tweak openssl header/library handling. <stenn@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3914] Sp

Import ntp-4.2.8p18 (previous was ntp-4.2.8p15

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(4.2.8p18) 2024/05/25 Released by Harlan Stenn <stenn@ntp.org>

* [Bug 3918] Tweak openssl header/library handling. <stenn@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3914] Spurious "Unexpected origin timestamp" logged after time
stepped. <hart@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3913] Avoid duplicate IPv6 link-local manycast associations.
<hart@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3912] Avoid rare math errors in ntptrace. <brian.utterback@oracle.com>
* [Bug 3910] Memory leak using openssl-3 <hart@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3909] Do not select multicast local address for unicast peer.
<hart@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3903] lib/isc/win32/strerror.c NTstrerror() is not thread-safe.
<hart@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3901] LIB_GETBUF isn't thread-safe. <hart@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3900] fast_xmit() selects wrong local addr responding to mcast on
Windows. <hart@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3888] ntpd with multiple same-subnet IPs using manycastclient creates
duplicate associations. <hart@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3872] Ignore restrict mask for hostname. <hart@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3871] 4.2.8p17 build without hopf6021 refclock enabled fails.
Reported by Hans Mayer. Moved NONEMPTY_TRANSLATION_UNIT
declaration from ntp_types.h to config.h. <hart@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3870] Server drops client packets with ppoll < 4. <stenn@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3869] Remove long-gone "calldelay" & "crypto sign" from docs.
Reported by PoolMUC@web.de. <hart@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3868] Cannot restrict a pool peer. <hart@ntp.org> Thanks to
Edward McGuire for tracking down the deficiency.
* [Bug 3864] ntpd IPv6 refid different for big-endian and little-endian.
<hart@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3859] Use NotifyIpInterfaceChange on Windows ntpd. <hart@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3856] Enable Edit & Continue debugging with Visual Studio.
<hart@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3855] ntpq lacks an equivalent to ntpdc's delrestrict. <hart@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3854] ntpd 4.2.8p17 corrupts rawstats file with space in refid.
<hart@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3853] Clean up warnings with modern compilers. <hart@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3852] check-libntp.mf and friends are not triggering rebuilds as
intended. <hart@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3851] Drop pool server when no local address can reach it.
<hart@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3850] ntpq -c apeers breaks column formatting s2 w/refclock refid.
<hart@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3849] ntpd --wait-sync times out. <hart@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3847] SSL detection in configure should run-test if runpath is needed.
<hart@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3846] Use -Wno-format-truncation by default. <hart@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3845] accelerate pool clock_sync when IPv6 has only link-local access.
<hart@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3842] Windows ntpd PPSAPI DLL load failure crashes. <hart@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3841] 4.2.8p17 build break w/ gcc 12 -Wformat-security without -Wformat
Need to remove --Wformat-security when removing -Wformat to
silence numerous libopts warnings. <hart@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3837] NULL pointer deref crash when ntpd deletes last interface.
Reported by renmingshuai. Correct UNLINK_EXPR_SLIST() when the
list is empty. <hart@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3835] NTP_HARD_*FLAGS not used by libevent tearoff. <hart@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3831] pollskewlist zeroed on runtime configuration. <hart@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3830] configure libevent check intersperses output with answer. <stenn@>
* [Bug 3828] BK should ignore a git repo in the same directory.
<burnicki@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3827] Fix build in case CLOCK_HOPF6021 or CLOCK_WHARTON_400A
is disabled. <burnicki@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3825] Don't touch HTML files unless building inside a BK repo.
Fix the script checkHtmlFileDates. <burnicki@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3756] Improve OpenSSL library/header detection.
* [Bug 3753] ntpd fails to start with FIPS-enabled OpenSSL 3. <hart@ntp.org>
* [Bug 2734] TEST3 prevents initial interleave sync. Fix from <PoolMUC@web.de>
* Log failures to allocate receive buffers. <hart@ntp.org>
* Remove extraneous */ from libparse/ieee754io.c
* Fix .datecheck target line in Makefile.am. <stenn@ntp.org>
* Update the copyright year. <stenn@ntp.org>
* Update ntp.conf documentation to add "delrestrict" and correct information
about KoD rate limiting. <hart@ntp.org>
* html/clockopt.html cleanup. <stenn@ntp.org>
* util/lsf-times - added. <stenn@ntp.org>
* Add DSA, DSA-SHA, and SHA to tests/libntp/digests.c. <hart@ntp.org>
* Provide ntpd thread names to debugger on Windows. <hart@ntp.org>
* Remove dead code libntp/numtohost.c and its unit tests. <hart@ntp.org>
* Remove class A, B, C IPv4 distinctions in netof(). <hart@ntp.org>
* Use @configure_input@ in various *.in files to include a comment that
the file is generated from another pointing to the *.in. <hart@ntp.org>
* Correct underquoting, indents in ntp_facilitynames.m4. <hart@ntp.org>
* Clean up a few warnings seen building with older gcc. <hart@ntp.org>
* Fix build on older FreeBSD lacking sys/procctl.h. <hart@ntp.org>
* Disable [Bug 3627] workaround on newer FreeBSD which has the kernel fix
that makes it unnecessary, re-enabling ASLR stack gap. <hart@ntp.org>
* Use NONEMPTY_COMPILATION_UNIT in more conditionally-compiled files.
* Remove useless pointer to Windows Help from system error messages.
* Avoid newlines within Windows error messages. <hart@ntp.org>
* Ensure unique association IDs if wrapped. <hart@ntp.org>
* Simplify calc_addr_distance(). <hart@ntp.org>
* Clamp min/maxpoll in edge cases in newpeer(). <hart@ntp.org>
* Quiet local addr change logging when unpeering. <hart@ntp.org>
* Correct missing arg for %s printf specifier in
send_blocking_resp_internal(). <hart@ntp.org>
* Suppress OpenSSL 3 deprecation warning clutter. <hart@ntp.org>
* Correct OpenSSL usage in Autokey code to avoid warnings about
discarding const qualifiers with OpenSSL 3. <hart@ntp.org>
* Display KoD refid as text in recently added message. <hart@ntp.org>
* Avoid running checkHtmlFileDates script repeatedly when no html/*.html
files have changed. <hart@ntp.org>
* Abort configure if --enable-crypto-rand given & unavailable. <hart@ntp.org>
* Add configure --enable-verbose-ssl to trace SSL detection. <hart@ntp.org>
* Add build test coverage for --disable-saveconfig to flock-build script.
<hart@ntp.org>
* Remove deprecated configure --with-arlib option. <hart@ntp.org>
* Remove configure support for ISC UNIX ca. 1998. <hart@ntp.org>
* Move NTP_OPENSSL and NTP_CRYPTO_RAND invocations from configure.ac files
to NTP_LIBNTP. <hart@ntp.org>
* Remove dead code: HAVE_U_INT32_ONLY_WITH_DNS. <hart@ntp.org>
* Eliminate [v]snprintf redefinition warnings on macOS. <hart@ntp.org>
* Fix clang 14 cast increases alignment warning on Linux. <hart@ntp.org>
* Move ENABLE_CMAC to ntp_openssl.m4, reviving sntp/tests CMAC unit tests.
<hart@ntp.org>
* Use NTP_HARD_CPPFLAGS in libopts tearoff. <hart@ntp.org>
* wire in --enable-build-framework-help

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(4.2.8p17) 2023/06/06 Released by Harlan Stenn <stenn@ntp.org>

* [Bug 3824] Spurious "ntpd: daemon failed to notify parent!" logged at
event_sync. Reported by Edward McGuire. <hart@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3822] ntpd significantly delays first poll of servers specified by name.
<hart@ntp.org> Miroslav Lichvar identified regression in 4.2.8p16.
* [Bug 3821] 4.2.8p16 misreads hex authentication keys, won't interop with
4.2.8p15 or earlier. Reported by Matt Nordhoff, thanks to
Miroslav Lichvar and Matt for rapid testing and identifying the
problem. <hart@ntp.org>
* Add tests/libntp/digests.c to catch regressions reading keys file or with
symmetric authentication digest output. <hart@ntp.org>

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(4.2.8p16) 2023/05/31 Released by Harlan Stenn <stenn@ntp.org>

* [Sec 3808] Assertion failure in ntpq on malformed RT-11 date <perlinger@ntp.org>
* [Sec 3807] praecis_parse() in the Palisade refclock driver has a
hypothetical input buffer overflow. Reported by ... stenn@
* [Sec 3806] libntp/mstolfp.c needs bounds checking <perlinger@ntp.org>
- solved numerically instead of using string manipulation
* [Sec 3767] An OOB KoD RATE value triggers an assertion when debug is enabled.
<stenn@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3819] Updated libopts/Makefile.am was missing NTP_HARD_* values. <stenn@>
* [Bug 3817] Bounds-check "tos floor" configuration. <hart@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3814] First poll delay of new or cleared associations miscalculated.
<hart@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3802] ntp-keygen -I default identity modulus bits too small for
OpenSSL 3. Reported by rmsh1216@163.com <hart@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3801] gpsdjson refclock gps_open() device name mishandled. <hart@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3800] libopts-42.1.17 does not compile with Microsoft C. <hart@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3799] Enable libopts noreturn compiler advice for MSC. <hart@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3797] Windows getaddrinfo w/AI_ADDRCONFIG fails for localhost when
disconnected, breaking ntpq and ntpdc. <hart@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3795] pollskewlist documentation uses | when it shouldn't.
- ntp.conf manual page and miscopt.html corrections. <hart@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3793] Wrong variable type passed to record_raw_stats(). <hart@ntp.org>
- Report and patch by Yuezhen LUAN <wei6410@sina.com>.
* [Bug 3786] Timer starvation on high-load Windows ntpd. <hart@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3784] high-load ntpd on Windows deaf after enough ICMP TTL exceeded.
<hart@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3781] log "Unable to listen for broadcasts" for IPv4 <hart@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3774] mode 6 packets corrupted in rawstats file <hart@ntp.org>
- Reported by Edward McGuire, fix identified by <wei6410@sina.com>.
* [Bug 3758] Provide a 'device' config statement for refclocks <perlinger@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3757] Improve handling of Linux-PPS in NTPD <perlinger@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3741] 4.2.8p15 can't build with glibc 2.34 <perlinger@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3725] Make copyright of clk_wharton.c compatible with Debian.
Philippe De Muyter <phdm@macqel.be>
* [Bug 3724] ntp-keygen with openSSL 1.1.1 fails on Windows <perlinger@ntp.org>
- openssl applink needed again for openSSL-1.1.1
* [Bug 3719] configure.ac checks for closefrom() and getdtablesize() missing.
Reported by Brian Utterback, broken in 2010 by <hart@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3699] Problems handling drift file and restoring previous drifts <perlinger@ntp.org>
- command line options override config statements where applicable
- make initial frequency settings idempotent and reversible
- make sure kernel PLL gets a recovered drift componsation
* [Bug 3695] Fix memory leak with ntpq on Windows Server 2019 <perlinger@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3694] NMEA refclock seems to unnecessarily require location in messages
- misleading title; essentially a request to ignore the receiver status.
Added a mode bit for this. <perlinger@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3693] Improvement of error handling key lengths <perlinger@ntp.org>
- original patch by Richard Schmidt, with mods & unit test fixes
* [Bug 3692] /dev/gpsN requirement prevents KPPS <perlinger@ntp.org>
- implement/wrap 'realpath()' to resolve symlinks in device names
* [Bug 3691] Buffer Overflow reading GPSD output
- original patch by matt<ntpbr@mattcorallo.com>
- increased max PDU size to 4k to avoid truncation
* [Bug 3690] newline in ntp clock variable (parse) <perlinger@ntp.org>
- patch by Frank Kardel
* [Bug 3689] Extension for MD5, SHA-1 and other keys <perlinger@ntp.org>
- ntp{q,dc} now use the same password processing as ntpd does in the key
file, so having a binary secret >= 11 bytes is possible for all keys.
(This is a different approach to the problem than suggested)
* [Bug 3688] GCC 10 build errors in testsuite <perlinger@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3687] ntp_crypto_rand RNG status not known <perlinger@ntp.org>
- patch by Gerry Garvey
* [Bug 3682] Fixes for warnings when compiled without OpenSSL <perlinger@ntp.org>
- original patch by Gerry Garvey
* [Bug 3677] additional peer events not decoded in associations listing <perlinger@ntp.org>
- original patch by Gerry Garvey
* [Bug 3676] compiler warnings (CMAC, interrupt_buf, typo, fallthrough)
- applied patches by Gerry Garvey
* [Bug 3675] ntpq ccmds[] stores pointer to non-persistent storage
* [Bug 3674] ntpq command 'execute only' using '~' prefix <perlinger@ntp.org>
- idea+patch by Gerry Garvey
* [Bug 3672] fix biased selection in median cut <perlinger@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3666] avoid unlimited receive buffer allocation <perlinger@ntp.org>
- follow-up: fix inverted sense in check, reset shortfall counter
* [Bug 3660] Revert 4.2.8p15 change to manycast. <hart@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3640] document "discard monitor" and fix the code. <hart@ntp.org>
- fixed bug identified by Edward McGuire <perlinger@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3626] (SNTP) UTC offset calculation needs dst flag <perlinger@ntp.org>
- applied patch by Gerry Garvey
* [Bug 3428] ntpd spinning consuming CPU on Linux router with full table.
Reported by Israel G. Lugo. <hart@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3103] libopts zsave_warn format string too few arguments <bkorb@gnu.org>
* [Bug 2990] multicastclient incorrectly causes bind to broadcast address.
Integrated patch from Brian Utterback. <hart@ntp.org>
* [Bug 2525] Turn on automake subdir-objects across the project. <hart@ntp.org>
* [Bug 2410] syslog an error message on panic exceeded. <brian.utterback@oracle.com>
* Use correct rounding in mstolfp(). perlinger/hart
* M_ADDF should use u_int32. <hart@ntp.org>
* Only define tv_fmt_libbuf() if we will use it. <stenn@ntp.org>
* Use recv_buffer instead of the longer recv_space.X_recv_buffer. hart/stenn
* Make sure the value returned by refid_str() prints cleanly. <stenn@ntp.org>
* If DEBUG is enabled, the startup banner now says that debug assertions
are in force and that ntpd will abort if any are violated. <stenn@ntp.org>
* syslog valid incoming KoDs. <stenn@ntp.org>
* Rename a poorly-named variable. <stenn@ntp.org>
* Disable "embedded NUL in string" messages in libopts, when we can. <stenn@>
* Use https in the AC_INIT URLs in configure.ac. <stenn@ntp.org>
* Implement NTP_FUNC_REALPATH. <stenn@ntp.org>
* Lose a gmake construct in ntpd/Makefile.am. <stenn@ntp.org>
* upgrade to: autogen-5.18.16
* upgrade to: libopts-42.1.17
* upgrade to: autoconf-2.71
* upgrade to: automake-1.16.15
* Upgrade to libevent-2.1.12-stable <stenn@ntp.org>
* Support OpenSSL-3.0

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(4.2.8p12) 2018/08/14 Released by Harlan Stenn <stenn@ntp.org>

* [Sec 3505] CVE-2018-12327 - Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
- fixed stack buffer overflow in the openhost() command-line

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(4.2.8p12) 2018/08/14 Released by Harlan Stenn <stenn@ntp.org>

* [Sec 3505] CVE-2018-12327 - Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
- fixed stack buffer overflow in the openhost() command-line call
of NTPQ/NTPDC <perlinger@ntp.org>
* [Sec 3012] noepeer tweaks. <stenn@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3521] Fix a logic bug in the INVALIDNAK checks. <stenn@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3509] Add support for running as non-root on FreeBSD, Darwin,
other TrustedBSD platforms
- applied patch by Ian Lepore <perlinger@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3506] Service Control Manager interacts poorly with NTPD <perlinger@ntp.org>
- changed interaction with SCM to signal pending startup
* [Bug 3486] Buffer overflow in ntpq/ntpq.c:tstflags() <perlinger@ntp.org>
- applied patch by Gerry Garvey
* [Bug 3485] Undefined sockaddr used in error messages in ntp_config.c <perlinger@ntp.org>
- applied patch by Gerry Garvey
* [Bug 3484] ntpq response from ntpd is incorrect when REFID is null <perlinger@ntp.org>
- rework of ntpq 'nextvar()' key/value parsing
* [Bug 3482] Fixes for compilation warnings (ntp_io.c & ntpq-subs.c) <perlinger@ntp.org>
- applied patch by Gerry Garvey (with mods)
* [Bug 3480] Refclock sample filter not cleared on clock STEP <perlinger@ntp.org>
- applied patch by Gerry Garvey
* [Bug 3479] ctl_putrefid() allows unsafe characters through to ntpq <perlinger@ntp.org>
- applied patch by Gerry Garvey (with mods)
* [Bug 3476]ctl_putstr() sends empty unquoted string [...] <perlinger@ntp.org>
- applied patch by Gerry Garvey (with mods); not sure if that's bug or feature, though
* [Bug 3475] modify prettydate() to suppress output of zero time <perlinger@ntp.org>
- applied patch by Gerry Garvey
* [Bug 3474] Missing pmode in mode7 peer info response <perlinger@ntp.org>
- applied patch by Gerry Garvey
* [Bug 3471] Check for openssl/[ch]mac.h. HStenn.
- add #define ENABLE_CMAC support in configure. HStenn.
* [Bug 3470] ntpd4.2.8p11 fails to compile without OpenSSL <perlinger@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3469] Incomplete string compare [...] in is_refclk_addr <perlinger@ntp.org>
- patch by Stephen Friedl
* [Bug 3467] Potential memory fault in ntpq [...] <perlinger@ntp.org>
- fixed IO redirection and CTRL-C handling in ntq and ntpdc
* [Bug 3465] Default TTL values cannot be used <perlinger@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3461] refclock_shm.c: clear error status on clock recovery <perlinger@ntp.org>
- initial patch by Hal Murray; also fixed refclock_report() trouble
* [Bug 3460] Fix typo in ntpq.texi, reported by Kenyon Ralph. <stenn@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3456] Use uintptr_t rather than size_t to store an integer in a pointer
- According to Brooks Davis, there was only one location <perlinger@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3449] ntpq - display "loop" instead of refid [...] <perlinger@ntp.org>
- applied patch by Gerry Garvey
* [Bug 3445] Symmetric peer won't sync on startup <perlinger@ntp.org>
- applied patch by Gerry Garvey
* [Bug 3442] Fixes for ntpdate as suggested by Gerry Garvey,
with modifications
New macro REFID_ISTEXT() which is also used in ntpd/ntp_control.c.
* [Bug 3434] ntpd clears STA_UNSYNC on start <perlinger@ntp.org>
- applied patch by Miroslav Lichvar
* [Bug 3426] ntpdate.html -t default is 2 seconds. Leonid Evdokimov.
* [Bug 3121] Drop root privileges for the forked DNS worker <perlinger@ntp.org>
- integrated patch by Reinhard Max
* [Bug 2821] minor build issues <perlinger@ntp.org>
- applied patches by Christos Zoulas, including real bug fixes
* html/authopt.html: cleanup, from <stenn@ntp.org>
* ntpd/ntpd.c: DROPROOT cleanup. <stenn@ntp.org>
* Symmetric key range is 1-65535. Update docs. <stenn@ntp.org>
* html/authentic.html: cleanup, from <stenn@ntp.org>

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* [Sec 3454] Unauthenticated packet can reset authenticated interleave
associations. HStenn.
* [Sec 3453] Interleaved symmetric mode cannot recover from bad state. HStenn.
* [Sec 3415] Permi

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* [Sec 3454] Unauthenticated packet can reset authenticated interleave
associations. HStenn.
* [Sec 3453] Interleaved symmetric mode cannot recover from bad state. HStenn.
* [Sec 3415] Permit blocking authenticated symmetric/passive associations.
Implement ippeerlimit. HStenn, JPerlinger.
* [Sec 3414] ntpq: decodearr() can write beyond its 'buf' limits
- initial patch by <stenn@ntp.org>, extended by <perlinger@ntp.org>
* [Sec 3412] ctl_getitem(): Don't compare names past NUL. <perlinger@ntp.org>
* [Sec 3012] Sybil vulnerability: noepeer support. HStenn, JPerlinger.
* [Bug 3457] OpenSSL FIPS mode regression <perlinger@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3455] ntpd doesn't use scope id when binding multicast <perlinger@ntp.org>
- applied patch by Sean Haugh
* [Bug 3452] PARSE driver prints uninitialized memory. <perlinger@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3450] Dubious error messages from plausibility checks in get_systime()
- removed error log caused by rounding/slew, ensured postcondition <perlinger@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3447] AES-128-CMAC (fixes) <perlinger@ntp.org>
- refactoring the MAC code, too
* [Bug 3441] Validate the assumption that AF_UNSPEC is 0. stenn@ntp.org
* [Bug 3439] When running multiple commands / hosts in ntpq... <perlinger@ntp.org>
- applied patch by ggarvey
* [Bug 3438] Negative values and values > 999 days in... <perlinger@ntp.org>
- applied patch by ggarvey (with minor mods)
* [Bug 3437] ntpd tries to open socket with AF_UNSPEC domain
- applied patch (with mods) by Miroslav Lichvar <perlinger@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3435] anchor NTP era alignment <perlinger@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3433] sntp crashes when run with -a. <stenn@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3430] ntpq dumps core (SIGSEGV) for "keytype md2"
- fixed several issues with hash algos in ntpd, sntp, ntpq,
ntpdc and the test suites <perlinger@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3424] Trimble Thunderbolt 1024 week millenium bug <perlinger@ntp.org>
- initial patch by Daniel Pouzzner
* [Bug 3423] QNX adjtime() implementation error checking is
wrong <perlinger@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3417] ntpq ifstats packet counters can be negative
made IFSTATS counter quantities unsigned <perlinger@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3411] problem about SIGN(6) packet handling for ntp-4.2.8p10
- raised receive buffer size to 1200 <perlinger@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3408] refclock_jjy.c: Avoid a wrong report of the coverity static
analysis tool. <abe@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3405] update-leap.in: general cleanup, HTTPS support. Paul McMath.
* [Bug 3404] Fix openSSL DLL usage under Windows <perlinger@ntp.org>
- fix/drop assumptions on OpenSSL libs directory layout
* [Bug 3399] NTP: linker error in 4.2.8p10 during Linux cross-compilation
- initial patch by timeflies@mail2tor.com <perlinger@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3398] tests fail with core dump <perlinger@ntp.org>
- patch contributed by Alexander Bluhm
* [Bug 3397] ctl_putstr() asserts that data fits in its buffer
rework of formatting & data transfer stuff in 'ntp_control.c'
avoids unecessary buffers and size limitations. <perlinger@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3394] Leap second deletion does not work on ntpd clients
- fixed handling of dynamic deletion w/o leap file <perlinger@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3391] ntpd segfaults on startup due to small warmup thread stack size
- increased mimimum stack size to 32kB <perlinger@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3367] Faulty LinuxPPS NMEA clock support in 4.2.8 <perlinger@ntp.org>
- reverted handling of PPS kernel consumer to 4.2.6 behavior
* [Bug 3365] Updates driver40(-ja).html and miscopt.html <abe@ntp.org>
* [Bug 3358] Spurious KoD log messages in .INIT. phase. HStenn.
* [Bug 3016] wrong error position reported for bad ":config pool"
- fixed location counter & ntpq output <perlinger@ntp.org>
* [Bug 2900] libntp build order problem. HStenn.
* [Bug 2878] Tests are cluttering up syslog <perlinger@ntp.org>
* [Bug 2737] Wrong phone number listed for USNO. ntp-bugs@bodosom.net,
perlinger@ntp.org
* [Bug 2557] Fix Thunderbolt init. ntp-bugs@bodosom.net, perlinger@ntp.
* [Bug 948] Trustedkey config directive leaks memory. <perlinger@ntp.org>
* Use strlcpy() to copy strings, not memcpy(). HStenn.
* Typos. HStenn.
* test_ntp_scanner_LDADD needs ntpd/ntp_io.o. HStenn.
* refclock_jjy.c: Add missing "%s" to an msyslog() call. HStenn.
* Build ntpq and libntpq.a with NTP_HARD_*FLAGS. perlinger@ntp.org
* Fix trivial warnings from 'make check'. perlinger@ntp.org
* Fix bug in the override portion of the compiler hardening macro. HStenn.
* record_raw_stats(): Log entire packet. Log writes. HStenn.
* AES-128-CMAC support. BInglis, HStenn, JPerlinger.
* sntp: tweak key file logging. HStenn.
* sntp: pkt_output(): Improve debug output. HStenn.
* update-leap: updates from Paul McMath.
* When using pkg-config, report --modversion. HStenn.
* Clean up libevent configure checks. HStenn.
* sntp: show the IP of who sent us a crypto-NAK. HStenn.
* Allow .../N to specify subnet bits for IPs in ntp.keys. HStenn, JPerlinger.
* authistrustedip() - use it in more places. HStenn, JPerlinger.
* New sysstats: sys_lamport, sys_tsrounding. HStenn.
* Update ntp.keys .../N documentation. HStenn.
* Distribute testconf.yml. HStenn.
* Add DPRINTF(2,...) lines to receive() for packet drops. HStenn.
* Rename the configuration flag fifo variables. HStenn.
* Improve saveconfig output. HStenn.
* Decode restrict flags on receive() debug output. HStenn.
* Decode interface flags on receive() debug output. HStenn.
* Warn the user if deprecated "driftfile name WanderThreshold" is used. HStenn.
* Update the documentation in ntp.conf.def . HStenn.
* restrictions() must return restrict flags and ippeerlimit. HStenn.
* Update ntpq peer documentation to describe the 'p' type. HStenn.
* Rename restrict 'flags' to 'rflags. Use an enum for the values. HStenn.
* Provide dump_restricts() for debugging. HStenn.
* Use consistent 4th arg type for [gs]etsockopt. JPerlinger.
* Some tests might need LIBM. HStenn.
* update-leap: Allow -h/--help early. HStenn.

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* [Sec 2901] KoD packets must have non-zero transmit timestamps. HStenn.
* [Sec 2936] Skeleton Key: Any system knowing the trusted

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* [Sec 2901] KoD packets must have non-zero transmit timestamps. HStenn.
* [Sec 2936] Skeleton Key: Any system knowing the trusted key can serve
time. Include passive servers in this check. HStenn.
* [Sec 2945] Additional KoD packet checks. HStenn.
* [Sec 2978] Interleave can be partially triggered. HStenn.
* [Sec 3007] Validate crypto-NAKs. Danny Mayer.
* [Sec 3008] Always check the return value of ctl_getitem().
- initial work by HStenn
- Additional cleanup of ctl_getitem by perlinger@ntp.org
* [Sec 3009] Crafted addpeer with hmode > 7 causes OOB error. perlinger@ntp.org
- added more stringent checks on packet content
* [Sec 3010] remote configuration trustedkey/requestkey values
are not properly validated. perlinger@ntp.org
- sidekick: Ignore keys that have an unsupported MAC algorithm
but are otherwise well-formed
* [Sec 3011] Duplicate IPs on unconfig directives will cause an assertion botch
- graciously accept the same IP multiple times. perlinger@ntp.org
* [Sec 3020] Refclock impersonation. HStenn.
* [Bug 2831] Segmentation Fault in DNS lookup during startup. perlinger@ntp.org
- fixed yet another race condition in the threaded resolver code.
* [Bug 2858] bool support. Use stdbool.h when available. HStenn.
* [Bug 2879] Improve NTP security against timing attacks. perlinger@ntp.org
- integrated patches by Loganaden Velvidron <logan@ntp.org>
with some modifications & unit tests
* [Bug 2952] Symmetric active/passive mode is broken. HStenn.
* [Bug 2960] async name resolution fixes for chroot() environments.
Reinhard Max.
* [Bug 2994] Systems with HAVE_SIGNALED_IO fail to compile. perlinger@ntp.org
* [Bug 2995] Fixes to compile on Windows
* [Bug 2999] out-of-bounds access in 'is_safe_filename()'. perlinger@ntp.org
* [Bug 3013] Fix for ssl_init.c SHA1 test. perlinger@ntp.org
- Patch provided by Ch. Weisgerber
* [Bug 3015] ntpq: config-from-file: "request contains an unprintable character"
- A change related to [Bug 2853] forbids trailing white space in
remote config commands. perlinger@ntp.org
* [Bug 3019] NTPD stops processing packets after ERROR_HOST_UNREACHABLE
- report and patch from Aleksandr Kostikov.
- Overhaul of Windows IO completion port handling. perlinger@ntp.org
* [Bug 3022] authkeys.c should be refactored. perlinger@ntp.org
- fixed memory leak in access list (auth[read]keys.c)
- refactored handling of key access lists (auth[read]keys.c)
- reduced number of error branches (authreadkeys.c)
* [Bug 3023] ntpdate cannot correct dates in the future. perlinger@ntp.org
* [Bug 3030] ntpq needs a general way to specify refid output format. HStenn.
* [Bug 3031] ntp broadcastclient unable to synchronize to an server
when the time of server changed. perlinger@ntp.org
- Check the initial delay calculation and reject/unpeer the broadcast
server if the delay exceeds 50ms. Retry again after the next
broadcast packet.
* [Bug 3036] autokey trips an INSIST in authistrustedip(). Harlan Stenn.
* Document ntp.key's optional IP list in authenetic.html. Harlan Stenn.
* Update html/xleave.html documentation. Harlan Stenn.
* Update ntp.conf documentation. Harlan Stenn.
* Fix some Credit: attributions in the NEWS file. Harlan Stenn.
* Fix typo in html/monopt.html. Harlan Stenn.
* Add README.pullrequests. Harlan Stenn.
* Cleanup to include/ntp.h. Harlan Stenn.

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* [Sec 2935] Deja Vu: Replay attack on authenticated broadcast mode. HStenn.
* [Sec 2936] Skeleton Key: Any trusted key system can serve time. HStenn.
* [Sec 2937] ntpq: nextvar() missing length check. perlinger@ntp.org
* [Sec 2938] ntpq saveconfig command allows dangerous characters
in filenames. perlinger@ntp.org
* [Sec 2939] reslist NULL pointer dereference. perlinger@ntp.org
* [Sec 2940] Stack exhaustion in recursive traversal of restriction
list. perlinger@ntp.org
* [Sec 2942]: Off-path DoS attack on auth broadcast mode. HStenn.
* [Sec 2945] Zero Origin Timestamp Bypass. perlinger@ntp.org
* [Sec 2948] Potential Infinite Loop in ntpq ( and ntpdc) perlinger@ntp.org
* [Bug 2772] adj_systime overflows tv_usec. perlinger@ntp.org
* [Bug 2814] msyslog deadlock when signaled. perlinger@ntp.org
- applied patch by shenpeng11@huawei.com with minor adjustments
* [Bug 2882] Look at ntp_request.c:list_peers_sum(). perlinger@ntp.org
* [Bug 2891] Deadlock in deferred DNS lookup framework. perlinger@ntp.org
* [Bug 2892] Several test cases assume IPv6 capabilities even when
IPv6 is disabled in the build. perlinger@ntp.org
- Found this already fixed, but validation led to cleanup actions.
* [Bug 2905] DNS lookups broken. perlinger@ntp.org
- added limits to stack consumption, fixed some return code handling
* [Bug 2971] ntpq bails on ^C: select fails: Interrupted system call
- changed stacked/nested handling of CTRL-C. perlinger@ntp.org
- make CTRL-C work for retrieval and printing od MRU list. perlinger@ntp.org
* [Bug 2980] reduce number of warnings. perlinger@ntp.org
- integrated several patches from Havard Eidnes (he@uninett.no)
* [Bug 2985] bogus calculation in authkeys.c perlinger@ntp.org
- implement 'auth_log2()' using integer bithack instead of float calculation
* Make leapsec_query debug messages less verbose. Harlan Stenn.
* Disable incomplete t-ntp_signd.c test. Harlan Stenn.

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Import ntp 4.2.8

import devel ntpd to avoid amplification attacks.