%T A Security Analysis of Version 2 of the Network Time Protocol NTP: A Report to the Privacy and Security Research Group %A Matt Bishop %R Technical Report PCS-TR91-154 %I Dartmouth College, Computer Science %C Hanover, NH %D 1991 %U http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/reports/TR91-154.pdf %X 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.