The end of the beginning is in sight

Royce Williams royce at tycho.org
Fri Jan 6 17:31:11 UTC 2017


On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 8:14 AM, Eric S. Raymond <esr at thyrsus.com> wrote:

> The successful scalarization of both 64-bit timestamp types has now
> been achieved.

Most excellent! From my vantage point in the peanut gallery, it's been
a fascinating and inspiring show.

[snip]

> 7. NTPv5? Maybe a new base protocol, maybe a set of required extension blocks.

I've seen Harlan refer to NPTv5 protocol changes as well:

http://seclists.org/nanog/2016/Dec/307

A code fork is one thing; a protocol fork is something else entirely.

How does NTPsec intend to coordinate with Classic about NTPv5?

Royce


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