firmware sends six DNS requests and
one NTP query every 5 seconds
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TP-Link has hardcoded the following non-configurable
NTP servers and server pools in their firmware:
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au.pool.ntp.org, nz.pool.ntp.org
Wait... so TP-Link is effectively DDoSing NTP pool?
Also, as pointed out in another thread here, vendor using country prefix instead of applying for their own prefix is a violation of:
Also, as pointed out in another thread here, vendor using country prefix instead of applying for their own prefix is a violation of:
http://www.pool.ntp.org/en/vendors.html
..which was put in place as a reaction to incidents just like this one:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTP_server_misuse_and_abuse#No...