[ntpsec commit] It is no longer interesting what is "new to NTPv4".
Eric S. Raymond
esr at ntpsec.org
Mon Oct 12 14:05:09 UTC 2015
Module: ntpsec
Branch: master
Commit: 0f90976ddb0249b124850a9ffea09079ed5d8a81
Changeset: http://git.ntpsec.org/ntpsec/commit/?id=0f90976ddb0249b124850a9ffea09079ed5d8a81
Author: Eric S. Raymond <esr at thyrsus.com>
Date: Mon Oct 12 10:04:34 2015 -0400
It is no longer interesting what is "new to NTPv4".
---
docs/assoc.txt | 8 ++++----
docs/discover.txt | 10 +++++-----
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/assoc.txt b/docs/assoc.txt
index c6ca687..2243da8 100644
--- a/docs/assoc.txt
+++ b/docs/assoc.txt
@@ -142,10 +142,10 @@ broadcast or multicast message is actually received.
== Manycast and Pool Modes ==
Manycast and pool modes are automatic discovery and configuration
-paradigms new to NTPv4. They are intended as a means for a client to
-troll the nearby network neighborhood to find cooperating willing
-servers, validate them using cryptographic means and evaluate their time
-values with respect to other servers that might be lurking in the
+paradigms. They are intended as a means for a client to troll the
+nearby network neighborhood to find cooperating willing servers,
+validate them using cryptographic means and evaluate their time values
+with respect to other servers that might be lurking in the
vicinity. The intended result is that each client mobilizes ephemeral
client associations with some number of the "best" of the nearby
servers, yet automatically reconfigures to sustain this number of
diff --git a/docs/discover.txt b/docs/discover.txt
index 8cd40e6..e60e80f 100644
--- a/docs/discover.txt
+++ b/docs/discover.txt
@@ -159,11 +159,11 @@ link:autokey.html[Autokey Public Key Authentication] page.
[[mcst]]
== Manycast Scheme ==
-Manycast is an automatic server discovery and configuration paradigm
-new to NTPv4. It is intended as a means for a client to troll the
-nearby network neighborhood to find cooperating servers, validate them
-using cryptographic means and evaluate their time values with respect
-to other servers that might be lurking in the vicinity. It uses the
+Manycast is an automatic server discovery and configuration paradigm.
+It is intended as a means for a client to troll the nearby network
+neighborhood to find cooperating servers, validate them using
+cryptographic means and evaluate their time values with respect to
+other servers that might be lurking in the vicinity. It uses the
grab-n'-drop paradigm with the additional feature that active means
are used to grab additional servers should the number of associations
fall below the `maxclock` option of the `tos` command. The intended
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