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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 02/25/2018 04:39 PM, Hal Murray via
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:devel@ntpsec.org">devel@ntpsec.org</a> said:
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<pre wrap="">The only real blocker that I can see at this time is the need for broad
testing. [reiteration of me requesting testers / reviewers goes here.]
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Is there a HOWTO that tells me how to set things up?
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I'll get to work on that.<br>
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<pre wrap="">Actually, I need something before that. Why is it interesting? What will it
tell me? Why would I want to use it?</pre>
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It will tell you the same information as mode 6 (more or less), but
through a different channel. Beyond that for the general question of
"Why SNMP?" I'm not sure I can tell you much more that a few minutes
of quality time with a wiki could.<br>
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For the specific relevance to NTPsec see this devlist mail:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://lists.ntpsec.org/pipermail/devel/2018-January/005760.html">https://lists.ntpsec.org/pipermail/devel/2018-January/005760.html</a><br>
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<pre wrap="">What will it cost me? (I know next to nothing about SNMP.)
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You need to be running an SNMP daemon and an NTP daemon.<br>
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