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by dvanduzer 4195 days ago
The average longevity of a Kerberos ticket makes it the perfect example for this attack vector, actually.

Are you familiar with something other than NTP as a time source for devices without CMOS? I have a project that desperately needs crypto without a clock.

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If you are really worried, use layer 3 or layer 2 security (say with IPSec) to secure NTP communications.

Yes, there is a bit of a bootstrapping problem, but you can address that with a bootstrapped handshake that sets a clock baseline.

Alternatively, you could just hardwire a radio receiver (like say... a GPS receiver).