arxivcs.CRcs.NI2026-07-24
Cleaning the NTP Pool: Detecting and Mitigating NTP-Sourced IPv6 Scanning
The ephemeral and random nature of IPv6 client addresses presents a practical challenge to attacks that depend on Internet-wide scanning or reconnaissance -- the adversary must first \emph{find} the client's IPv6 address. While a well-positioned passive adversary can potentially…