ntp.conf changes for NTS

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Hal!

On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 16:05:41 -0800
Hal Murray via devel <devel at ntpsec.org> wrote:

> Gary said:
> >> How about:
> >>    server ntp.example.com nts 1.2.3.4
> >> or
> >>    server ntp.example.com nts bob.example.com  
> 
> > Why do we need ntp.example.com at all?  Aren't we supposed to use
> > the NTPD server returned from bob.example.com?   
> 
> The intent was to do the NTS-KE dance with ntp.example.com

Which conflicts with prior useage where ntp.example.com is the NTPD
server.  Very confusing.  Let's not do that.

> and use 1.2.3.4 or bob.example.com as the NTP server.

Which conflicts with the Proposed RFC which says the NTS-KE tells us
which NTPD server, not the config file.

> As an aside, bob.example.com could return multiple IP Addresses.

Always true of DNS.  I assume the first (random) one would be used and
the others ignored.

RGDS
GARY
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