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In this paper we revisited a method to identify computers by their clocks skew computed from TCP timestamps. We introduced our own tool to compute clock skew of computers in a network. We validated that the original method is suitable for the computer identification but we also discovered that Linux...

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Published inIEEE transactions on dependable and secure computing Vol. 11; no. 5; pp. 494 - 496
Main Authors Polcak, Libor, Jirasek, Jakub, Matousek, Petr
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.09.2014
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Clocks
Linux
Network security
Network-level security and protection
Privacy
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Summary:In this paper we revisited a method to identify computers by their clocks skew computed from TCP timestamps. We introduced our own tool to compute clock skew of computers in a network. We validated that the original method is suitable for the computer identification but we also discovered that Linux hosts running NTP had become immune to the identification.
ISSN:1545-5971
DOI:10.1109/TDSC.2013.26