A Security Analysis of Version 2 of the Network Time Protocol NTP: A Report to the Privacy and Security Research Group

Dartmouth Technical Report PCS-TR91-154

	Matt Bishop

Date:  1991

URL (PDF): <http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/reports/TR91-154.pdf> (1004KB)

Abstract:
 	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.