[109047] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: NTP Md5 or AutoKey?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Ferguson)
Tue Nov 4 01:23:33 2008
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 22:23:07 -0800
From: "Paul Ferguson" <fergdawgster@gmail.com>
To: "Glen Kent" <glen.kent@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <92c950310811032215s6dd7710cnd737db17cda7dd8e@mail.gmail.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
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On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 10:15 PM, Glen Kent <glen.kent@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was wondering what most folks use for NTP security?
>
> Do they use the low cost, light weight symmetric key cryptographic
> protection method using MD5 or do folks go in for full digital
> signatures and X.509 certificates (AutoKey Security)?
>
I'm just wondering -- in globak scheme of security issue, is NTP
security a major issue?
Just curious.
- ferg
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