1995-12-12 - Re: Timing Attacks

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From: “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@piermont.com>
To: Bill Stewart <stewarts@ix.netcom.com>
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Message ID: <199512120111.UAA00312@jekyll.piermont.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1995-12-12 04:53:35 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 12:53:35 +0800

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From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 12:53:35 +0800
To: Bill Stewart <stewarts@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: Timing Attacks
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Bill Stewart writes:
> The attack also works better if you can try it multiple times with the same 
> numbers to work around random latency; the lowest number is closest to real.

Other statistical techniques can be used to get around random network
latency. Anyone who's used NTP is aware of the possibilities...

.pm

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