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TP-Link firmware sends six DNS requests and one NTP query every 5 seconds

A design flaw in TP-Link Wi-Fi repeater firmware causes it to waste an excessive amount of bandwidth on NTP timekeeping. DDoS’ed public NTP servers in the process.
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Networking & InternetSecurity & Privacy2017

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Dec 13, 2017TP-Link firmware sends six DNS requests and one NTP query every 5 seconds by phikai485237

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