First steps towards NTPv5

[Richard Laager]

On 2/18/19 4:11 PM, Eric S. Raymond via devel wrote:
> Whle awaiting Daniel's libaes_siv release and the unjamming of our CI,
> I did some serious design work on the NTPv5 proposal at
> devel/ntpv5.adoc.
> 
> It's no longer a disconnected grab-bag of wishlist items.  I've
> brought it to a state that is, in principle, implementable.  Though the
> change in datestamp representation would make for some significant
> difficulties in practice.
> 
> I've led it off with a rationale for why NTPv5 is something that
> actually needs to happen and should be deployed well before the era
> turnover in 2036.
> 
> Interested parties should read and comment.  I particularly want to
> know if the design might founder on assumptions I'm not aware of
> making.

Is there a particular reason this needs to be handled right now?

For what it's worth, I think this should wait until NTS is done. NTPv5
is going to require IETF action. Both the NTPsec developers and the IETF
people should be working on completing NTS before biting off another
project.

-- 
Richard