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Synchronized timing is vitally important when many systems work together in a network. It is true for other network services, time synchronization is exposed to numerous cyber vulnerabilities such as hacker attempts and security hazards. Spoofing or falsifying of time information may severely influence the operation of time-critical applications and degrade stability of networks.

Meinberg therefore dedicates special care and attention to safety and security procedures which are implemented and regularly upgraded on LANTIME NTP servers to protect the time service from undesired attacks and keep synchronization operating properly.

1) Access Control and User Management

It is possible to create multiple user accounts on a LANTIME system; each account can be assigned to one of three user privilege levels:
•    Super-User full read / write control over Web GUI and Command Line functions
•    Admin-User restricted read / write control over Web GUI and CLI functions
•    Info-User read permission only

Figure 1: A list of multiple users on a LANTIME with different privileges.