Potentially serious security flaw in fundamental Internet SW

[markem]

Originally Posted by 8zeros

It may take a while for firmware devices like routers to get an update. Do you think NTP should be disabled on these boxes until then?

The flaw is mostly a serious issues for servers running 'ntpd'. I would encourage people to contact their router vendor. I have no opinion on whether or not NTP should be silenced. Lots of bad things can happen if you lose clock synchronization. Very bad things.