Let's get moving on NTS

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Eric!

On Sun,  6 Jan 2019 14:38:48 -0500 (EST)
"Eric S. Raymond via devel" <devel at ntpsec.org> wrote:

> Gary, for
> example, thinks we need bidirectional management protocols.  Do we?

I never said, or meant to imply, 'bidirectional'.  And 'management'
does not capture what I was thinking.  Maybe 'coordination'?

I see the need for some sorts of communication between NTPD servers
and NTS-KE servers.  Unclear which direction is optimal, but I don't
see bidiretional as required (yet).

> I have started a new document, devel/nts.adoc, which is intended to
> become internal documentation of our implementation.

Good, expect it to  be thrashed back and forth for a bit.

> What we need is to fill in transaction steps.  Presumably the dance
> starts with Alpha requesting a secure time feed from Charlie.

Seems to me most of the real work must be done before that.

And it seems we also need to agree on naming too...

> The reason I'm not trying to write down all this myself is in the
> signal discussion several smart people were visibly confused about
> what data needed to be going where; this made me nervous that, alone,
> I might wander off into a cul-de-sac that doesn't match the actual
> requirements.

+1

RGDS
GARY
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