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In message <CAKE2PDvvtHWYkN+4O0us+Nc227mYVJMz=3D_DeHR14VRRYgETfhA@mail.gma=
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, jungle Boogie writes:

>Would you say a MITM attack is similar to a forged ntp reply?
>
>If so, have you seen this:
>http://quigon.bsws.de/papers/opencon04/ntpd/mgp00018.html

While that does make it harder to spoof NTP packets "blind", it
does *nothing* for MITM resistance.

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