sdwdate-gui: Secure Distributed Web Date Graphical User Interface

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• Network Time Synchronization
• Timezone
• sdwdate
• sdwdate-gui
• Boot Clock Randomization
• Dev/sdwdate

sdwdate-gui systray with popup on mouse hover

sdwdate - Secure Distributed Web Date - systray - graphical user interface (GUI) - Homepage

Overview

sdwdate-gui is an optional graphical user interface (GUI) for sdwdate. sdwdate-gui can optionally be configured to block networking until sdwdate finishes, preventing potential leakage of the time before it is changed.

Screenshots

Figure: sdwdate-gui Systray with Popup on Mouse Hover

Figure: sdwdate-gui Functions

Figure: sdwdate-gui Successful Time Fetching

Troubleshooting

Kicksecure for Qubes - Unexpected Autostart of kicksecure

Follow instructions multiple Kicksecure-Qubes Kicksecure.

Configuration

Disable Autostart

The following instructions disable autostart of sdwdate-gui but do not disable autostart of sdwdate.

1. Platform specific notice.

• Qubes users note: Apply the following steps Kicksecure (kicksecure-17) Template.
• Other Kicksecure users note: No special notice.

2. Create file /etc/sdwdate-gui.d/50_user.conf.

Open file /etc/sdwdate-gui.d/50_user.conf in an editor with root rights.

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sudoedit /etc/sdwdate-gui.d/50_user.conf

Kicksecure for Qubes

NOTES:

• When using Kicksecure-Qubes, this needs to be done inside the Template.

sudoedit /etc/sdwdate-gui.d/50_user.conf

• After applying this change, shutdown the Template.
• All App Qubes based on the Template need to be restarted if they were already running.
• This is a general procedure required for Qubes and unspecific to Kicksecure for Qubes.

Others and Alternatives

• This is just an example. Other tools could achieve the same goal.
• If this example does not work for you or if you are not using Kicksecure, please refer to this link.

sudoedit /etc/sdwdate-gui.d/50_user.conf

3. Paste.

disable=true

4. Save.

5. Done.

The process of disabling autostart of sdwdate-gui is now complete.

See Also

• sdwdate
• multiple Kicksecure
• Network Time Synchronization
• Time Attacks

Development

The sdwdate-gui source code can be found here.

Interested readers can follow open sdwdate-gui development discussion here.

Footnotes

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