NTP Vandalism – Solutions to the Misuse and Abuse of NTP Servers
NTP servers, like most systems are open to abuse and misuse. NTP servers can be flooded with traffic (a distributed denial of service – DDoS attack), the server’s access policy could be violated or the NTP rules of engagement drawn up to prevent misuse of time servers could be breached. The abuse of NTP servers has received much attention of late due primarily to the case of D-link and a Danish Stratum 1 NTP server run by Poul-Henning Kamp.
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