A game theoretic analysis of delay attacks against time synchronization protocols

ISPCS 2012 - 2012 International IEEE Symposium on Precision Clock Synchronization for Measurement, Control, and Communication, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 67-72

  Mizrahi, Tal ^a  

^a Marvell   (Israel)

Author keywords

delay attack; game theory; IEEE 1588; NTP; PTP; pulse delay; security; Time synchronization

Indexed keywords

DELAY ATTACK; IEEE 1588; NTP; PTP; PULSE-DELAY; SECURITY; TIME SYNCHRONIZATION;

AUTHENTICATION; COMMUNICATION; GAME THEORY; MECHANICAL CLOCKS; NETWORK SECURITY; STANDARDS;

SYNCHRONIZATION;

EID: 84870313183     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISPCS.2012.6336612     Document Type: Conference Paper

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