libsodium mess

[Hal Murray]

esr at thyrsus.com said:
> Whenever ntpd polls the system clock, it fuzzes the lowest-order digits of
> the result. The amount of fuzz to apply is bounded by half the measured
> interval between system clock ticks.

> That shouldn't degrade anything. I presume it's a measure to foil timing
> attacks of some sort.  Daniel might be able to say more. 

I think it's timing related rather than part of security.

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