The Network Time Protocol is being used throughout the Internet to provide an accurate time service. The security requirements are examined of such a service, version 2 of the NTP protocol is analyzed to determine how well it meets these requirements, and improvements are suggested where appropriate

Bishop, Matt

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A security analysis of version 2 of the Network Time Protocol (NTP): A report to the privacy and security research group

The Network Time Protocol is being used throughout the Internet to provide an accurate time service. This paper examines the security requirements of such a service, analyzes version 2 of the NTP protocol to determine how well it meets these requirements, and suggests improvements where appropriate

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Dartmouth College Dartmouth Digital Commons Computer Science Technical Reports Computer Science 1-1-1991 A Security Analysis of Version 2 of the Network Time Protocol NTP: A Report to the Privacy and Security Research Group Matt Bishop Dartmouth College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/cs_tr  Part of the Computer Sciences Commons Dartmouth Digital Commons Citation Bishop, Matt, "A Security Analysis of Version 2 of the Network Time Protocol NTP: A Report to the Privacy and Security Research Group" (1991). Computer Science Technical Report PCS-TR91-154. https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/cs_tr/56 This Technical Report is brought to you for free and open access by the Computer Science at Dartmouth Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Computer Science Technical Reports by an authorized administrator of Dartmouth Digital Commons. For more information, please contact dartmouthdigitalcommons@groups.dartmouth.edu. 