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XCCDF
Guide to the Secure Configuration of Oracle Linux 9
Services
Network Time Protocol
Configure Time Service Maxpoll Interval
Configure Time Service Maxpoll Interval
An XCCDF Rule
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Configure Time Service Maxpoll Interval
Medium Severity
The
maxpoll
should be configured to
in
/etc/ntp.conf
or
/etc/chrony.conf
(or
/etc/chrony.d/
) to continuously poll time servers. To configure
maxpoll
in
/etc/ntp.conf
or
/etc/chrony.conf
(or
/etc/chrony.d/
) add the following after each
server
,
pool
or
peer
entry:
maxpoll
to
server
directives. If using chrony, any
pool
directives should be configured too.