Re: [Linuxptp-users] Reporting a covert channel vulnerability

[Richard C. <ric...@gm...>]

On Wed, Jun 29, 2022 at 12:29:16PM +0200, Miroslav Lichvar wrote:
> If I understand it correctly, it's about exchanging hidden information
> for controlling botnets etc. In PTP it could be in the timestamps,
> sequence numbers and other fields in the header, or TLVs. It cannot be
> prevented.

Yeah.

I mean, the protocol requires ignoring unrecognized TLVs, and TCs will
just forward those without question.

Thanks,
Richard