@misc{rfc9109, series = {Request for Comments}, number = 9109, howpublished = {RFC 9109}, publisher = {RFC Editor}, doi = {10.17487/RFC9109}, url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9109}, author = {Fernando Gont and Guillermo Gont and Miroslav Lichvar}, title = {{Network Time Protocol Version 4: Port Randomization}}, pagetotal = 9, year = 2021, month = aug, abstract = {The Network Time Protocol (NTP) can operate in several modes. Some of these modes are based on the receipt of unsolicited packets and therefore require the use of a well-known port as the local port. However, in the case of NTP modes where the use of a well-known port is not required, employing such a well-known port unnecessarily facilitates the ability of attackers to perform blind/off-path attacks. This document formally updates RFC 5905, recommending the use of transport-protocol ephemeral port randomization for those modes where use of the NTP well-known port is not required.}, }