Interleaved Mode (Was: Re: Using Go for NTPsec)

Eric S. Raymond esr at thyrsus.com
Tue Jul 6 19:18:28 UTC 2021


Richard Laager via devel <devel at ntpsec.org>:
> On 7/5/21 8:38 AM, Eric S. Raymond via devel wrote:
> > > There is a close-to-RFC to handle this area.  "Interleave" is the buzzword.  I
> > > haven't studied it.  The idea is to grab a transmit time stamp, then tweak the
> > > protocol a bit so you can send that on the next packet.
> 
> > Daniel discovered it was broken and removed it from the protcol machine.
> 
> Broken implementation or broken design? If the latter, is the current IETF
> proposal (wherever that is) still broken?

You'll have to ask Daniel that.  I've dforgotten the details and never saw
the IETF proposal you speak of.
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