NTS

Eric S. Raymond esr at thyrsus.com
Tue Sep 25 22:35:43 UTC 2018


James Browning via devel <devel at ntpsec.org>:
> I assume you mean something probably not quite completely unlike.
> * NTS-ke will require listening to a TCP port (possibly 123) and spinning
> up a new thread for each client. (or risk blocking the process)
> * NTS-ke willl require hooks to automtical reconfigure a current NTS key w/
> number a yesterday key w/ number
> * NTS-ke will require a hook to save the above to the ntpkeys file (for
> restarts)
> * NTS-ke will require a hook to update NTS UDP processor
> * NTS will require a hook to hash the standard ntp packet
> * NTS will require the addition of registration of the NTSN KoD packet
> * NTS will require the addition of four? new extension fields.

Correct.  I'm raring to go, but it would be crazy for me to proceed
without a spec that detailed written by someone who already groks
the functional requirements.
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