Miroslav Lichvar dba458d50c Add padding to cmdmon requests to prevent amplification attack ...

To prevent an attacker using chronyd in an amplification attack, change
the protocol to include padding in request packets so that the largest
possible reply is not larger than the request. Request packets that
don't include this padding are ignored as invalid.

This is an incompatible change in the protocol. Clients from chrony
1.27, 1.28 and 1.29 will receive NULL reply with STT_BADPKTVERSION and
print "Protocol version mismatch". Clients from 1.26 and older will not
receive a reply as it would be larger than the request if it was padded
to be compatible with their protocol.

2014-01-30 15:59:45 +01:00

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