BIB-VERSION:: CS-TR-v2.0 ID:: ncstrl.dartmouthcs//TR91-154 ENTRY:: January 20, 1995 ORGANIZATION:: Dartmouth College, Computer Science TITLE:: A Security Analysis of Version 2 of the Network Time Protocol NTP: A Report to the Privacy and Security Research Group TYPE:: Technical Report (paper) REVISION:: 1 AUTHOR:: Bishop, Matt NOTE:: The 'January' in DATE is an arbitrary placeholder. DATE:: January 1991 RETRIEVAL:: For a paper copy, email RETRIEVAL:: For a paper copy, write to Technical Report Librarian Department of Computer Science Dartmouth College 6211 Sudikoff Laboratory Hanover, NH 03755-3510 USA RETRIEVAL:: PDF at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/reports/TR91-154.pdf 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. END:: ncstrl.dartmouthcs//TR91-154