Article proposal: Network Time Security

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#1

NTS is a new feature added in Fedora 33. I’d like to write a short article to describe:

  • What is NTS and why it exists
  • Configuration of the NTP client in the installer
  • Configuration of the NTP client in the config file
  • How to check it works as expected
  • Configuration of the NTP server
  • Some common issues
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#2

+1 (plus some extra letters to make Discourse happy)

#3

Hello @mlichvar, welcome to the community.

+1 and the extra bits for Discourse. Tagia card #242 created on Kanban.

@mlichvar if you could follow the directions at how to contribute as a writer we can get you assigned to the card and you can get writing!

#4

Thanks. I’ve created an account (same username as here) and this is the preview link: https://fedoramagazine.org/?p=32025&preview=true

#5

What email did you use to sign up? I need that to add you as a member (invite you).

#6

It’s mlichvar at redhat dot com.

#7

Hello @mlichvar,
I added you as a writer to the team and assigned the card to you, plus attached the link to the article. I also moved it to in progress. When you feel it is ready move it’s state to in review and the editors will have a look at it.

#8

Thanks, again.

There are few things that will not work correctly with the Fedora 33 Beta installer, so I guess we should wait for the final release.

Are there any recommendations for showing a command that has an 80-column wide output? I’d rather avoid using a screenshot if possible. I tried adding the has-small-font-size class to the pre block, which seems to work in the visual editor, but not in the preview page.

#9

Waiting for the corrections is likely best. AFAIK some have used HTML as a format for difficult to represent things, you could try an HTML block.

#10

I don’t know, but I’d be tempted to try something more like sytle=“width: 80em;” than using a relative font size. The resulting font size could be different depending on the client’s configuration whereas “80em” should work regardless of the client software/configuration.

Alternatively, maybe style=“overflow-x: hidden;”; depending on what you need to be visible.

#11

I tried your suggestion, but it seems it only changes the width of the pre block and not its font size, so the text was either wrapping or overflowing. I tried also setting the font size using the vw units, but that didn’t work well when I resized the browser. The best result I got so far was when the font size was set to 50%. My HTML/CSS skills are low. If there are no other suggestions, I’ll probably leave it as it is.

#12