[ntp:security] [Bug 3012] Sybil vulnerability: ephemeral association attack

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Mon May 2 14:50:38 UTC 2016


http://bugs.ntp.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3012

Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar at redhat.com> changed:

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--- Comment #4 from Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar at redhat.com> 2016-05-02 14:50:38 UTC ---
As a possible fix for configurations that don't need any ephemeral
associations, I'd propose to modify the nopeer option to apply to both
authenticated and unauthenticated packets. The auth option, which is enabled by
default, already requires authenticated packets for mobilizing ephemeral
associations, so nopeer would be orthogonal to that and could be used on the
"default" restrict line. I think that's what most users expect from ntpd, not
accept time from any sources unless they are specified in ntp.conf.

Alternatively, a new restrict option (e.g. noauthpeer) could be added to not
allow ephemeral associations mobilized specifically by authenticated packets.
If it was used together with the nopeer option, ephemeral associations would be
disabled completely and this would be useful for the default restrict line. 

I can prepare a patch if there is any interest.

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